Bill Text: TX HB284 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 284

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to a requirement to report certain multiple semiautomatic rifle sales and other transfers to the county sheriff.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-23 - Referred to Community Safety, Select [HB284 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB284-Introduced.html

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	By: Goodwin	H.B. No. 284



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to a requirement to report certain multiple semiautomatic
	rifle sales and other transfers to the county sheriff.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Title 6, Business & Commerce Code, is amended by
	adding Chapter 205 to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 205. REPORTS OF CERTAIN MULTIPLE FIREARM TRANSFERS
	Sec. 205.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "licensed
	firearms dealer" means a person who is licensed as a firearms dealer
	under 18 U.S.C. Section 923.
	Sec. 205.002. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to
	a semiautomatic rifle that:
	(1) is capable of accepting a detachable magazine; and
	(2) has a caliber greater than .22.
	Sec. 205.003. REPORT. A licensed firearms dealer who, on a
	single occasion or during a period of five consecutive business
	days, sells or otherwise transfers two or more semiautomatic rifles
	described by Section 205.002 to the same person, other than a
	licensed firearms dealer, promptly shall report each of the
	transfers made to that person to the sheriff of each county in which
	those transfers occurred.
	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to the sale or other transfer of a firearm that occurs on or after
	the effective date of this Act. A sale or other transfer of a
	firearm that occurs before the effective date of this Act is
	governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date
	of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.