H.B. No. 1819
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the criminal consequences of engaging in certain
  conduct with respect to a firearm silencer.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 46.05(a) and (e), Penal Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A person commits an offense if the person intentionally
  or knowingly possesses, manufactures, transports, repairs, or
  sells:
               (1)  any of the following items, unless the item is
  registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer
  Record maintained by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
  Explosives or otherwise not subject to that registration
  requirement or unless the item is 
  classified as a curio or relic by
  the United States Department of Justice:
                     (A)  an explosive weapon;
                     (B)  a machine gun; or
                     (C)  a short-barrel firearm; [or
                     [(D)  a firearm silencer;]
               (2)  knuckles;
               (3)  armor-piercing ammunition;
               (4)  a chemical dispensing device;
               (5)  a zip gun; [or]
               (6)  a tire deflation device; or
               (7)  a firearm silencer, unless the firearm silencer is
  classified as a curio or relic by the United States Department of
  Justice or the actor otherwise possesses, manufactures,
  transports, repairs, or sells the firearm silencer in compliance
  with federal law.
         (e)  An offense under Subsection (a)(1), (3), (4), [or] (5),
  or (7) is a felony of the third degree.  An offense under Subsection
  (a)(6) is a state jail felony.  An offense under Subsection (a)(2)
  is a Class A misdemeanor.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
  An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
  and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
  purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
  effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
  before that date.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1819 was passed by the House on May 6,
  2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 1819 on May 19, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0,
  1 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1819 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 17, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 28, Nays
  2.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor