bill widens the offense for arming people barred from guns

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89R6066 AJZ-D

By: Plesa
H.B. No. 2382

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the unlawful transfer or purchase of certain weapons;

creating a criminal offense.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. The heading to Section 46.06, Penal Code, is

amended to read as follows:

Sec. 46.06. UNLAWFUL TRANSFER OR PURCHASE OF CERTAIN

WEAPONS.

SECTION 2. Sections 46.06(a) and (d), Penal Code, are

amended to read as follows:

(a) A person commits an offense if the person:

(1) sells, rents, leases, loans, or gives a handgun to

any person knowing that the person to whom the handgun is to be

delivered intends to use it unlawfully or in the commission of an

unlawful act;

(2) intentionally or knowingly sells, rents, leases,

or gives or offers to sell, rent, lease, or give to any child

younger than 18 years of age any firearm, club, or

location-restricted knife;

(3) intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly sells a

firearm or ammunition for a firearm to any person who is

intoxicated;

(4) sells, rents, leases, loans, or gives a firearm or

ammunition for a firearm to any person knowing or having reasonable

cause to believe that the person is prohibited from possessing a

firearm or ammunition for a firearm by state or federal law

[ knowingly sells a firearm or ammunition for a firearm to any person

who has been convicted of a felony before the fifth anniversary of

the later of the following dates:

[ (A) the person's release from confinement

following conviction of the felony; or

[ (B) the person's release from supervision under

community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision following

conviction of the felony ];

(5) sells, rents, leases, loans, or gives a handgun to

any person knowing that an active protective order is directed to

the person to whom the handgun is to be delivered;

(6) knowingly purchases, rents, leases, or receives as

a loan or gift from another a handgun while an active protective

order is directed to the actor; [ or ]

(7) while prohibited from possessing a firearm under

state or federal law, knowingly makes a material false statement on

a form that is:

(A) required by state or federal law for the

purchase, sale, or other transfer of a firearm; and

(B) submitted to a firearms dealer licensed under

18 U.S.C. Section 923 ; or

(8) purchases or attempts to purchase a firearm with

intent to deliver the firearm to a person knowing that the person to

whom the firearm is to be delivered is prohibited from possessing

the firearm by state or federal law .

(d) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor,

except that:

(1) an offense under Subsection (a)(2) is a state jail

felony if the weapon that is the subject of the offense is a

handgun; and

(2) an offense under Subsection (a)(4), (a)(7) , or

(a)(8) is a state jail felony.

SECTION 3. 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 on the date 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.