Bill Text: TX HB185 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to creating the criminal offense of failure to safely store a firearm.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-25 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB185 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB185-Introduced.html
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| By: Meza | H.B. No. 185 | |
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| relating to creating the criminal offense of failure to safely | ||
| store a firearm. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 46, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Section 46.131 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 46.131. FAILURE TO SAFELY STORE FIREARM. (a) In this | ||
| section: | ||
| (1) "Readily dischargeable firearm" has the meaning | ||
| assigned by Section 46.13. | ||
| (2) "Secure firearm storage device" means a gun safe, | ||
| gun case, gun cabinet, or other device that is similarly designed to | ||
| be: | ||
| (A) used to store a firearm; and | ||
| (B) unlocked only by use of a key or combination | ||
| or by other similar means. | ||
| (b) A person commits an offense if the person stores a | ||
| readily dischargeable firearm owned by the person in a place other | ||
| than a secure firearm storage device that is locked. | ||
| (c) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor. | ||
| (d) If conduct constituting an offense under this section | ||
| also constitutes an offense under another law, the actor may be | ||
| prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
