HB 3065

Anchía Buyback Bill Orders Guns Destroyed, Unless The Agency Sells Them

Died in committee

Verdict: Smells

SmellsInitial review

Rep. Rafael AnchíaDHouse 103

Why it's charged

The hole

THE TEXT

“Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a local law enforcement agency may sell to a person a firearm received through a program described by this section only if the agency:”

Bill text, introduced version (I)

Subsection (a) says all buyback guns must be destroyed, but this clause lets an agency sell any of them after a background check. The destruction rule can be skipped in the ordinary case, which also weakens the discipline provision. The caption only says 'disposition,' not destruction, so this is a soft hole rather than a broken promise.

The hole

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

Caption

relating to the disposition of a firearm surrendered through a firearm buyback program administered by certain local law enforcement agencies.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Melt, shred, crush or cut each one. Any can be sold after a background check.

The bill says that when a city police department or sheriff's office runs a firearm buyback, it must destroy the guns it takes in by melting, shredding, crushing, or cutting them in set places. It also lets the agency sell any of those guns instead, as long as a licensed dealer runs a federal background check showing the buyer may legally own a firearm. If the state law enforcement commission finds that an agency's chief intentionally failed to destroy a gun as the section requires, the commission must start disciplinary action against that chief.

Labels

Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Feb 20, 2025 and referred to the House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB3065 · 2025-02-20

SOLD BY

Rep. Rafael AnchíaDHouse 103

ITEM

relating to the disposition of a firearm surrendered through a firearm buyback program administered by certain local law enforcement agencies.

WHAT IT DOES

Melt, shred, crush or cut each one. Any can be sold after a background check.

CHARGES

[x] THE HOLEanalysis confidence 50%

THE TEXT

“Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a local law enforcement agency may sell to a person a firearm received through a program described by this section only if the agency:”

Bill text, introduced version (I)

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

Feb 20, 2025Filed
Mar 20, 2025Read first time
Mar 20, 2025Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Rafael Anchía

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$15K Vistra Employee Political Action Committee of Vistra Corp.$14K Blackridge$12K

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Jul 30, 2024 to Oct 20, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$15,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$15,000.00

Cash: $15,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $15,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 15, 2024 to Oct 16, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100988591, 101033306, 101072783.

Vistra Employee Political Action Committee of Vistra Corp.$13,500.00

Vistra Employee Political Action Committee of Vistra Corp.

$13,500.00

Cash: $13,500.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $13,500.00

Also funds 84 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Aug 14, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 15, 2024 to Oct 16, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100988591, 101033306, 101072783.

Blackridge$12,000.00

Blackridge

$12,000.00

Cash: $12,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $12,000.00

Also funds 86 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Aug 5, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 13, 2025 to Aug 11, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101033306, 101061466, 101071312.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$15,000.00

Cash: $15,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $15,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 15, 2024 to Oct 16, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100988591, 101033306, 101072783.

Vistra Employee Political Action Committee of Vistra Corp.

$13,500.00

Cash: $13,500.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $13,500.00

Also funds 84 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Aug 14, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 15, 2024 to Oct 16, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100988591, 101033306, 101072783.

Blackridge

$12,000.00

Cash: $12,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $12,000.00

Also funds 86 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Aug 5, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 13, 2025 to Aug 11, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101033306, 101061466, 101071312.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Feb 20, 2025

03/20/2025 H Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs: Mar 20 2025 11:50AM

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:19 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs · Final status: Died in committee

Companion

SB 2908 by Blanco (identical)

Subjects

Law Enforcement

Weapons

LAW ENFORCEMENT, TEXAS COMMISSION ON

Text

The text as introduced · 368 words

89R8640 EAS-D

By: Anchía
H.B. No. 3065

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the disposition of a firearm surrendered through a

firearm buyback program administered by certain local law

enforcement agencies.

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

SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 11, Local Government Code, is

amended by adding Chapter 366 to read as follows:

CHAPTER 366. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FIREARM BUYBACK

PROGRAMS

Sec. 366.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

(1) "Firearm buyback program" means a program under

which a local law enforcement agency offers a payment in exchange

for the surrender of a firearm to the agency.

(2) "Local law enforcement agency" means a municipal

police department or sheriff's department.

Sec. 366.002. DISPOSITION OF SURRENDERED FIREARM. (a)

Except as provided by Subsection (b), a local law enforcement

agency that receives a firearm surrendered through a firearm

buyback program shall ensure that all firearms received through the

firearm buyback program are destroyed. For purposes of this

section, destruction of a firearm means at a minimum:

(1) to completely melt, shred, or crush the firearm

receiver, frame, scope, and all other component parts of the

firearm; or

(2) to cut each of the following in at least three

critical locations:

(A) the firearm receiver; and

(B) any other component part of the firearm that

is similar to or exceeds the size of the receiver.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a local law enforcement

agency may sell to a person a firearm received through a program

described by this section only if the agency:

(1) requests that a firearms dealer licensed under 18

U.S.C. Section 923 conduct a national instant criminal background

check of the person in the manner required by 18 U.S.C. Section 922;

and

(2) uses the results of the background check to verify

that the person to whom the firearm is being sold may lawfully

possess a firearm.

(c) On a finding by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement

that the chief administrator of a local law enforcement agency

intentionally failed to destroy a firearm in accordance with this

section, the commission shall begin disciplinary procedures

against the chief administrator.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.