Monitoring the SessionHB 711
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 prohibition on the possession of a firearm by a person following the person's conviction of certain family violence misdemeanors.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Class A assault convictions against dating partners count.
The bill widens the existing five-year firearm ban for people convicted of Class A misdemeanor assault against someone close to them. It now covers assaults against dating partners as well as family and household members, by pointing to the Family Code's definitions of those relationships. A person convicted of assaulting a dating partner would commit an offense by possessing a firearm within five years of release from jail or community supervision, for offenses on or after September 1, 2025.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 2076 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 2076 (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 Nov 12, 2024 and referred to the House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB711 · 2024-11-12
relating to the prohibition on the possession of a firearm by a person following the person's conviction of certain family violence misdemeanors.
Class A assault convictions against dating partners count.
The bill widens the existing five-year firearm ban for people convicted of Class A misdemeanor assault against someone close to them. It now covers assaults against dating partners as well as family and household members, by pointing to the Family Code's definitions of those relationships. A person convicted of assaulting a dating partner would commit an offense by possessing a firearm within five years of release from jail or community supervision, for offenses on or after 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 · same text
Introduced textLast action, Mar 21, 2023: Left pending in committee
Relating to the prohibition on the possession of a firearm by a person following the person's conviction of certain family violence misdemeanors.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024
03/04/2025 H Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs: Mar 4 2025 3:37PM
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
SB 793 by Alvarado (identical)
Family--Family Violence
Weapons
The text as introduced · 255 words
89R1409 MCF-D By: Goodwin H.B. No. 711 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the prohibition on the possession of a firearm by a person following the person's conviction of certain family violence misdemeanors. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 46.04(b), Penal Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) A person who has been convicted of an offense under Section 22.01, punishable as a Class A misdemeanor and committed against an individual whose relationship to or association with the person is described by Section 71.0021(b), 71.003, or 71.005, Family Code [ involving a member of the person's family or household ], commits an offense if the person possesses a firearm before the fifth anniversary of the later of: (1) the date of the person's release from confinement following conviction of the misdemeanor; or (2) the date of the person's release from community supervision following conviction of the misdemeanor. 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 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 was committed before that date. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.