Bill Text: TX HB2833 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to creating a criminal offense for the unlawful transfer of a semiautomatic rifle.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-14 - Referred to Community Safety, Select [HB2833 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2833-Introduced.html
88R12733 AJZ-D | ||
By: Reynolds | H.B. No. 2833 |
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relating to creating a criminal offense for the unlawful transfer | ||
of a semiautomatic rifle. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 46, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
Section 46.055 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 46.055. UNLAWFUL TRANSFER OF SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE. (a) | ||
A person commits an offense if the person knowingly sells, rents, | ||
leases, or otherwise transfers, or offers to sell, rent, lease, or | ||
otherwise transfer a semiautomatic rifle. | ||
(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony. | ||
(c) If conduct that constitutes an offense under this | ||
section also constitutes an offense under any other law, the actor | ||
may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |