88R2910 JSC-D
By: Goodwin H.B. No. 284
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a requirement to report certain multiple semiautomatic
rifle sales and other transfers to the county sheriff.
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. REPORTS OF CERTAIN MULTIPLE FIREARM TRANSFERS
Sec. 205.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "licensed
firearms dealer" means a person who is licensed as a firearms dealer
under 18 U.S.C. Section 923.
Sec. 205.002. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to
a semiautomatic rifle that:
(1) is capable of accepting a detachable magazine; and
(2) has a caliber greater than .22.
Sec. 205.003. REPORT. A licensed firearms dealer who, on a
single occasion or during a period of five consecutive business
days, sells or otherwise transfers two or more semiautomatic rifles
described by Section 205.002 to the same person, other than a
licensed firearms dealer, promptly shall report each of the
transfers made to that person to the sheriff of each county in which
those transfers occurred.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to the sale or other transfer of a firearm that occurs on or after
the effective date of this Act. A sale or other transfer of a
firearm that occurs before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date
of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.