Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2571 Compare Versions

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1	1	89R6042 AJZ-D
2	2	By: Rodríguez Ramos H.B. No. 2571
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the prosecution of the offenses of unlawful carrying of
10	10	certain weapons and unlawful transfer of certain weapons.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 46.02(a-4), Penal Code, is amended to
13	13	read as follows:
14	14	(a-4) A person commits an offense if the person:
15	15	(1) intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries
16	16	on or about his or her person a location-restricted knife;
17	17	(2) is younger than 21 [18] years of age at the time of
18	18	the offense; and
19	19	(3) is not:
20	20	(A) on the person's own premises or premises
21	21	under the person's control;
22	22	(B) inside of or directly en route to a motor
23	23	vehicle or watercraft that is owned by the person or under the
24	24	person's control; or
25	25	(C) under the direct supervision of a parent or
26	26	legal guardian of the person.
27	27	SECTION 2. Sections 46.06(a) and (d), Penal Code, are
28	28	amended to read as follows:
29	29	(a) A person commits an offense if the person:
30	30	(1) sells, rents, leases, loans, or gives a handgun to
31	31	any person knowing that the person to whom the handgun is to be
32	32	delivered intends to use it unlawfully or in the commission of an
33	33	unlawful act;
34	34	(2) intentionally or knowingly sells, rents, leases,
35	35	or gives or offers to sell, rent, lease, or give to any person
36	36	[child] younger than 21 [18] years of age any:
37	37	(A) firearm, including an assault-style weapon;
38	38	(B) club; [,] or
39	39	(C) location-restricted knife;
40	40	(3) intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly sells a
41	41	firearm or ammunition for a firearm to any person who is
42	42	intoxicated;
43	43	(4) knowingly sells a firearm or ammunition for a
44	44	firearm to any person who has been convicted of a felony before the
45	45	fifth anniversary of the later of the following dates:
46	46	(A) the person's release from confinement
47	47	following conviction of the felony; or
48	48	(B) the person's release from supervision under
49	49	community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision following
50	50	conviction of the felony;
51	51	(5) sells, rents, leases, loans, or gives a handgun to
52	52	any person knowing that an active protective order is directed to
53	53	the person to whom the handgun is to be delivered;
54	54	(6) knowingly purchases, rents, leases, or receives as
55	55	a loan or gift from another a handgun while an active protective
56	56	order is directed to the actor; or
57	57	(7) while prohibited from possessing a firearm under
58	58	state or federal law, knowingly makes a material false statement on
59	59	a form that is:
60	60	(A) required by state or federal law for the
61	61	purchase, sale, or other transfer of a firearm; and
62	62	(B) submitted to a firearms dealer licensed under
63	63	18 U.S.C. Section 923.
64	64	(d) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor,
65	65	except that:
66	66	(1) an offense under Subsection (a)(2) is a state jail
67	67	felony if the weapon that is the subject of the offense is a firearm
68	68	[handgun]; and
69	69	(2) an offense under Subsection (a)(7) is a state jail
70	70	felony.
71	71	SECTION 3. Section 46.06(c), Penal Code, is repealed.
72	72	SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only
73	73	to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
74	74	An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
75	75	governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
76	76	and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
77	77	purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
78	78	effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
79	79	before that date.
80	80	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.