Monitoring the SessionSB 357
Died in committee
Editor's call: No flags. On Nov 1, 2026 the editor checked this charge against the bill's caption and removed it.
Corrected Nov 1, 2026 · We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.
Reviewed · Nov 1, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade
relating to the reporting of lost or stolen firearms.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Protection requires a report within 24 hours of learning the gun is missing.
The bill requires a peace officer who gets a report of a lost or stolen firearm to pass it to the Department of Public Safety, which must regularly send those reports to the National Crime Information Center. It touches gun owners who report a loss or theft, local police, and the state police agency. It also shields an owner from being sued over harm caused by the lost or stolen gun if the owner reports the loss to police within 24 hours of learning about it, starting September 1, 2025.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R SB 405 (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 SB 405 (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 13, 2024 and referred to the Senate State Affairs committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-SB357 · 2024-11-13
relating to the reporting of lost or stolen firearms.
Protection requires a report within 24 hours of learning the gun is missing.
The bill requires a peace officer who gets a report of a lost or stolen firearm to pass it to the Department of Public Safety, which must regularly send those reports to the National Crime Information Center. It touches gun owners who report a loss or theft, local police, and the state police agency. It also shields an owner from being sued over harm caused by the lost or stolen gun if the owner reports the loss to police within 24 hours of learning about it, starting September 1, 2025.
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No fiscal note in the loaded record.
THE TEXT
…“received under Subsection (a) to the National Crime Information”…
Bill text, introduced version (I)
The bill sends gun owners' names and firearm details from local police to the state and then to a national federal database.
The bill creates a lawsuit shield for gun owners whose lost or stolen firearm causes harm, if they report the loss within 24 hours.
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Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Oct 24, 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.
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No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
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 Sen. Eckhardt, same lead author · Died in committee · reworked
Introduced textLast action, Feb 15, 2023: Referred to State Affairs
Relating to the reporting of lost or stolen firearms; creating a criminal offense.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas Senate · Filed Nov 13, 2024
02/03/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Nov 1, 2026 at 10:30 AM CST. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
Senate committee · State Affairs · Final status: Died in committee
Civil Remedies & Liabilities
Crimes--Miscellaneous
Weapons
PEACE OFFICERS
PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF
The text as introduced · 295 words
89R5036 MZM-D By: Eckhardt, Gutierrez S.B. No. 357 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the reporting of lost or stolen firearms. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 411, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 411.056 to read as follows: Sec. 411.056. REPORT OF LOST OR STOLEN FIREARM. (a) A peace officer who receives a report from the owner of a firearm or the owner's agent that the firearm was lost or stolen shall report the loss or theft to the department. The report must include: (1) the name of the owner; (2) any available information about the firearm; and (3) the date that the owner became aware the firearm was lost or stolen. (b) The department shall regularly send all reports received under Subsection (a) to the National Crime Information Center. SECTION 2. Title 4, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is amended by adding Chapter 100B to read as follows: CHAPTER 100B. LIABILITY RELATED TO FIREARMS Sec. 100B.001. LIMITED LIABILITY FOR HARM CAUSED BY LOST OR STOLEN FIREARM. A person whose firearm is lost or stolen is not liable to another person for harm caused by that firearm after it is lost or stolen if the person reports the loss or theft, or causes a report of the loss or theft to be made, to a peace officer or law enforcement agency not later than 24 hours after the time the person became aware the firearm is lost or stolen. SECTION 3. Chapter 100B, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
