Bill Text: TX HB1779 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the attempted acquisition of a firearm by a person prohibited from possessing a firearm.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-07 - Referred to Community Safety, Select [HB1779 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1779-Introduced.html
88R7235 SHH-F | ||
By: Hinojosa | H.B. No. 1779 |
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relating to the attempted acquisition of a firearm by a person | ||
prohibited from possessing a firearm. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 46.06, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
(e) A firearms dealer licensed under 18 U.S.C. Section 923 | ||
who declines to transfer a firearm to a prospective transferee in | ||
this state because the National Instant Criminal Background Check | ||
System indicates that the prospective transferee is prohibited from | ||
possessing a firearm shall notify the Department of Public Safety. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 411, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 411.0525 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 411.0525. INVESTIGATION OF LICENSED FIREARMS DEALER | ||
NOTIFICATION. (a) If the department receives a notification under | ||
Section 46.06(e), Penal Code, from a firearms dealer licensed under | ||
18 U.S.C. Section 923, the department shall initiate an | ||
investigation. | ||
(b) If the department's investigation under this section | ||
produces evidence that a person may have violated Section 46.06, | ||
Penal Code, the department shall refer the case to the appropriate | ||
local authorities for further investigation and possible | ||
prosecution. | ||
SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas | ||
shall: | ||
(1) obtain from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, | ||
Firearms and Explosives a list of firearms dealers in this state | ||
licensed under 18 U.S.C. Section 923; and | ||
(2) notify each dealer of the reporting requirements | ||
established by Section 46.06(e), Penal Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |