Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	88R1228 MEW-D
2	2	By: Blanco S.B. No. 1522
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to a required waiting period for certain semiautomatic
8	8	rifle sales; creating a criminal offense.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Sections 46.06(a) and (d), Penal Code, are
11	11	amended to read as follows:
12	12	(a) A person commits an offense if the person:
13	13	(1) sells, rents, leases, loans, or gives a handgun to
14	14	any person knowing that the person to whom the handgun is to be
15	15	delivered intends to use it unlawfully or in the commission of an
16	16	unlawful act;
17	17	(2) intentionally or knowingly sells, rents, leases,
18	18	or gives or offers to sell, rent, lease, or give to any child
19	19	younger than 18 years of age any firearm, club, or
20	20	location-restricted knife;
21	21	(3) intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly sells a
22	22	firearm or ammunition for a firearm to any person who is
23	23	intoxicated;
24	24	(4) knowingly sells a firearm or ammunition for a
25	25	firearm to any person who has been convicted of a felony before the
26	26	fifth anniversary of the later of the following dates:
27	27	(A) the person's release from confinement
28	28	following conviction of the felony; or
29	29	(B) the person's release from supervision under
30	30	community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision following
31	31	conviction of the felony;
32	32	(5) sells, rents, leases, loans, or gives a handgun to
33	33	any person knowing that an active protective order is directed to
34	34	the person to whom the handgun is to be delivered;
35	35	(6) knowingly purchases, rents, leases, or receives as
36	36	a loan or gift from another a handgun while an active protective
37	37	order is directed to the actor; [or]
38	38	(7) while prohibited from possessing a firearm under
39	39	state or federal law, knowingly makes a material false statement on
40	40	a form that is:
41	41	(A) required by state or federal law for the
42	42	purchase, sale, or other transfer of a firearm; and
43	43	(B) submitted to a licensed firearms dealer, as
44	44	defined by 18 U.S.C. Section 923; or
45	45	(8) sells a semiautomatic rifle to a person younger
46	46	than 21 years of age and delivers the semiautomatic rifle to the
47	47	person to whom the semiautomatic rifle is being sold earlier than 72
48	48	hours after the firearm was sold to the person.
49	49	(d) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor,
50	50	except that:
51	51	(1) an offense under Subsection (a)(2) is a state jail
52	52	felony if the weapon that is the subject of the offense is a
53	53	handgun; and
54	54	(2) an offense under Subsection (a)(7) or (8) is a
55	55	state jail felony.
56	56	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
57	57	to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
58	58	Act. An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
59	59	governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
60	60	and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
61	61	purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
62	62	effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
63	63	before that date.
64	64	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.