Monitoring the SessionHB 2250
Died in committee
Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade
relating to the criminal offense of making a firearm accessible to a child.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Under 18 now, loaded or not. Secure means unloaded and locked up.
The bill widens the existing Texas offense for letting a child get access to a firearm. It raises the age of a child from under 17 to under 18, covers any firearm instead of only loaded ones, and says a gun counts as secure only if it is unloaded in a locked, sealed container or disabled by a trigger lock. It also removes the defense that the child used the gun for lawful defense of people or property, so more gun owners in homes with children could face this offense starting September 1, 2025.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 253 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 253 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Jan 30, 2025 and referred to the House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB2250 · 2025-01-30
relating to the criminal offense of making a firearm accessible to a child.
Under 18 now, loaded or not. Secure means unloaded and locked up.
The bill widens the existing Texas offense for letting a child get access to a firearm. It raises the age of a child from under 17 to under 18, covers any firearm instead of only loaded ones, and says a gun counts as secure only if it is unloaded in a locked, sealed container or disabled by a trigger lock. It also removes the defense that the child used the gun for lawful defense of people or property, so more gun owners in homes with children could face this offense starting September 1, 2025.
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Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Rep. Goodwin, same lead author · Died in committee · reworked
Introduced textLast action, Feb 23, 2023: Referred to Community Safety, Select
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of making a firearm accessible to a child.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Jan 30, 2025
03/14/2025 H Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs: Mar 14 2025 2:36PM
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
House committee · Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs · Final status: Died in committee
Crimes--Miscellaneous
Minors--Health & Safety
Weapons
The text as introduced · 413 words
89R6410 CJD-D By: Goodwin H.B. No. 2250 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the criminal offense of making a firearm accessible to a child. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sections 46.13(a), (b), and (c), Penal Code, are amended to read as follows: (a) In this section: (1) "Child" means a person younger than 18 [ 17 ] years of age. (2) [ "Readily dischargeable firearm" means a firearm that is loaded with ammunition, whether or not a round is in the chamber. [ (3) ] "Secure" means to : (A) render a firearm inaccessible or unusable to any person other than the owner by storing the [ take steps that a reasonable person would take to prevent the access to a readily dischargeable firearm by a child, including but not limited to placing a ] firearm , unloaded, in a locked container that is properly sealed; or (B) temporarily render a [ rendering the ] firearm inoperable by a trigger lock or other means. (b) A person commits an offense if a child gains access to a [ readily dischargeable ] firearm and the person with criminal negligence: (1) failed to secure the firearm; or (2) left the firearm in a place to which the person knew or should have known the child would gain access. (c) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the child's access to the firearm: (1) was supervised by a person older than 18 years of age and was for hunting, sporting, or other lawful purposes; (2) [ consisted of lawful defense by the child of people or property; [ (3) ] was gained as a result of any person [ by ] entering property in violation of this code; or (3) [ (4) ] occurred during a time when the actor was engaged in an agricultural enterprise. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.