HB 613

Lalani Bill Requires Background Checks On Private Gun Sales

Filed

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review

Initial review · graded Nov 9, 2026 · How we grade

Caption

relating to requiring a national instant criminal background check in connection with private firearm transfers; creating a criminal offense.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Selling to a friend, neighbor or family? A dealer runs the check first, starting 2027.

This bill makes it an offense, a Class A misdemeanor, to sell or give a firearm to someone unless the seller is a licensed dealer, sells to a dealer, or first has a dealer run a federal instant background check showing the buyer may lawfully possess a gun. It touches every private gun seller in Texas, including people selling to friends, neighbors or family, and it requires licensed dealers to run these checks on request. Starting September 1, 2027, private gun sales and transfers would have to go through a dealer's background check, and dealers could charge a reasonable fee for it.

Labels

Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 3089 (Died in committee) and 89R HB 397 (Died in committee). Checked against 88R and 89R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 3089 (Died in committee) and 89R HB 397 (Died in committee). Filed in 3 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R and 89R only.TRY NO. 3. Filed in 3 sessions: 88R, 89R and 90R. Checked against 88R and 89R only.CREATES AN OFFENSE. The caption of the graded version (introduced) reads: “relating to requiring a national instant criminal background check in connection with private firearm transfers; creating a criminal offense.”

Receipt

The receipt

90R-HB613 · 2026-11-09

SOLD BY

Rep. Suleman LalaniDHouse 76

ITEM

relating to requiring a national instant criminal background check in connection with private firearm transfers; creating a criminal offense.

WHAT IT DOES

Selling to a friend, neighbor or family? A dealer runs the check first, starting 2027.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

Nov 9, 2026Filed

FILED UNDER

GUN CONTROL

THE TEXT

“A person may not sell or otherwise transfer a firearm”…

Bill text, introduced version (I)

The bill requires a dealer-run background check before almost any private gun sale or transfer and makes skipping it a Class A misdemeanor offense.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Suleman Lalani

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$38K Texas House Democratic Campaign Committee$12K TSA PAC$10K

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 · Oct 28, 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.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$37,500.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$37,500.00

Cash: $37,500.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $37,500.00

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 · Dec 10, 2024 to Aug 31, 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: 100987680, 101007262, 101030846, 101036309, 101069420.

Texas House Democratic Campaign Committee$11,569.08

Texas House Democratic Campaign Committee

$11,569.08

Cash: $7,000.00
Paid by others: $4,569.08
Total: $11,569.08

Other filed descriptions $4,569.08

Also funds 9 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 15, 2024 to Oct 15, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Feb 3, 2026 to Jun 2, 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: 101040256, 101061992.

TSA PAC$10,000.00

TSA PAC

$10,000.00

Cash: $10,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $10,000.00

Also funds 15 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 1, 2024 to Oct 10, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 23, 2025 to Oct 10, 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: 101030846, 101072241.

Money

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

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$37,500.00

Cash: $37,500.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $37,500.00

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 · Dec 10, 2024 to Aug 31, 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: 100987680, 101007262, 101030846, 101036309, 101069420.

Texas House Democratic Campaign Committee

$11,569.08

Cash: $7,000.00
Paid by others: $4,569.08
Total: $11,569.08

Other filed descriptions $4,569.08

Also funds 9 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 15, 2024 to Oct 15, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Feb 3, 2026 to Jun 2, 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: 101040256, 101061992.

TSA PAC

$10,000.00

Cash: $10,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $10,000.00

Also funds 15 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 1, 2024 to Oct 10, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 23, 2025 to Oct 10, 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: 101030846, 101072241.

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 a super-expensive superintelligence, Nov 9, 2026, against the published rubric.

FILED BEFORE

Filed 3 times: 88R, 89R and now. Checked against 88R and 89R only.

88R HB 3089

by Rep. Lalani, same lead author · Died in committee · same text

Introduced text

Last action, Mar 14, 2023: Referred to Community Safety, Select

Relating to requiring a national instant criminal background check in connection with private firearm transfers; creating a criminal offense.

Caption, 88R bill history

89R HB 397

by Rep. Lalani, same lead author · Died in committee · same text

Introduced text

Last action, Feb 28, 2025: Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Relating to requiring a national instant criminal background check in connection with private firearm transfers; creating a criminal offense.

Caption, 89R bill history

Sources

Texas House · Filed Nov 9, 2026

11/09/2026 H Filed

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Nov 10, 2026 at 2:35 AM CST. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Subjects

Weapons

Text

The text as introduced · 382 words

90R3887 AJZ-D

By: Lalani
H.B. No. 613

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to requiring a national instant criminal background check

in connection with private firearm transfers; creating a criminal

offense.

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

SECTION 1. Title 6, Business & Commerce Code, is amended by

adding Chapter 205 to read as follows:

CHAPTER 205. REGULATION OF PRIVATE FIREARM TRANSFERS

SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 205.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

(1) "Firearm" has the meaning assigned by Section

46.01, Penal Code.

(2) "Licensed firearms dealer" means a person who is

licensed as a firearms dealer under 18 U.S.C. Section 923.

SUBCHAPTER B. REGULATION OF PRIVATE FIREARM TRANSFERS

Sec. 205.051. REQUIREMENTS FOR PRIVATE FIREARM TRANSFER;

OFFENSE. (a) A person may not sell or otherwise transfer a firearm

to another person unless:

(1) the person is a licensed firearms dealer; or

(2) the person is not a licensed firearms dealer, and:

(A) the person sells or transfers the firearm to

a licensed firearms dealer; or

(B) before delivering the firearm to the person

to whom the firearm is being sold or transferred, the person selling

or transferring the firearm:

(i) requests that a licensed firearms

dealer conduct, in the manner required by 18 U.S.C. Section 922, a

national instant criminal background check; and

(ii) verifies that the person to whom the

firearm is being sold or transferred may lawfully possess a

firearm.

(b) A person who violates this section commits an offense.

An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

Sec. 205.052. DUTIES OF LICENSED FIREARMS DEALER. (a) If a

licensed firearms dealer receives a request to conduct a national

instant criminal background check under Section 205.051(a)(2)(B),

the dealer shall:

(1) in the manner required by 18 U.S.C. Section 922,

conduct the criminal background check to verify that the person to

whom the firearm is being sold or transferred may lawfully possess a

firearm; and

(2) notify the person who is selling or transferring

the firearm of the results of the criminal background check.

(b) A licensed firearms dealer who performs a national

instant criminal background check under this section may collect a

reasonable fee from the person who requests the criminal background

check.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2027.