Bill Amendment: TX HB1927 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature

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Bill Title: Relating to provisions governing the carrying of a firearm by a person who is 21 years of age or older and not otherwise prohibited by state or federal law from possessing the firearm and to other provisions related to the carrying, possessing, transporting, or storing of a firearm or other weapon; creating criminal offenses.

Status: 2021-06-16 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB1927 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB1927-Senate_Amendment_S_2_F10-Blanco.html

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Amend HB 1927 (senate committee report) in SECTION 24 of the bill as follows:

(1)  In the recital (page 10, line 17), strike "Subsection (a-1)" and substitute "Subsections (a-1), (a-2), and (h)".

(2)  On page 10, between lines 21 and 22, insert the following:

(a-2)  A person commits an offense if the person possesses a firearm at any time after the person has been convicted of:

(1)  a felony for which the judgment contains an affirmative finding under Article 42.014, Code of Criminal Procedure; or

(2)  a felony under:

(A)  Section 19.02;

(B)  Section 19.03;

(C)  Chapter 20;

(D)  Chapter 20A;

(E)  Section 22.01;

(F)  Section 22.011;

(G)  Section 22.02;

(H)  Section 22.021;

(I)  Section 22.04;

(J)  Section 22.041;

(K)  Section 25.07;

(L)  Section 25.071;

(M)  Section 25.072;

(N)  Section 29.02;

(O)  Section 29.03; or

(P)  Section 42.072.

(3)  In amended Section 46.04(e), Penal Code (page 10, line 22), between "Subsection (a)" and "is a felony", insert "or (a-2)".

(4)  On page 10, between lines 24 and 25, insert the following:

(h)  If conduct that constitutes an offense under Subsection (a-2) also constitutes an offense under Subsection (a), the actor may be prosecuted under Subsection (a) or (a-2), but not both.