Bill Text: TX HB106 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the required reporting of multiple sales of certain firearms to law enforcement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-18 - Left pending in committee [HB106 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB106-Introduced.html
By: Bernal | H.B. No. 106 |
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relating to the required reporting of multiple sales of certain | ||
firearms to law enforcement. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 411, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subchapter H-1 to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER H-1. REQUIRED REPORTING FOR MULTIPLE RIFLE SALES | ||
Sec. 411.221. DEFINITION. In this subchapter: | ||
(a) "Licensed firearms dealer" means a person who is | ||
licensed as a firearms dealer under 18 U.S.C. Section 923. | ||
(b) "Rifle", as defined by 18 U.S.C. Section 921(9), | ||
includes a rifle with a caliber greater than .22, and a rifle with | ||
the ability to accept detachable magazines. | ||
(c) "Semiautomatic Rifle" has the meaning as defined by 18 | ||
U.S.C. Section 921(29). | ||
Sec. 411.222. REQUIRED REPORTING BY A LICENSED FIREARMS | ||
DEALER. A licensed firearms dealer shall report the sale of more | ||
than one rifle or semiautomatic rifle to the same buyer, during a | ||
single transaction or multiple transactions in a five business day | ||
period, to the department and the police department of the | ||
municipality in which the licensed firearms dealer is located or, | ||
if the licensed firearms dealer is not located in a municipality, | ||
the sheriff of the county in which the licensed firearms dealer is | ||
located. | ||
Sec. 411.223. OFFENSE. A person who violates this | ||
subchapter commits an offense. An offense under this section is a | ||
Class A misdemeanor. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |