Bill Text: TX HB95 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 95 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the criminal offense of acquisition or attempted acquisition of a firearm by a person prohibited from possessing a firearm.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-06 - Left pending in committee [HB95 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB95-Introduced.html

	86R1710 JSC-F

	By: Hinojosa	H.B. No. 95



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the criminal offense of acquisition or attempted
	acquisition of a firearm by a person prohibited from possessing a
	firearm.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 46.06, Penal Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
	follows:
	(a) A person commits an offense if the person:
	(1) sells, rents, leases, loans, or gives a handgun to
	any person knowing that the person to whom the handgun is to be
	delivered intends to use it unlawfully or in the commission of an
	unlawful act;
	(2) intentionally or knowingly sells, rents, leases,
	or gives or offers to sell, rent, lease, or give to any child
	younger than 18 years of age any firearm, club, or
	location-restricted knife;
	(3) intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly sells a
	firearm or ammunition for a firearm to any person who is
	intoxicated;
	(4) knowingly sells a firearm or ammunition for a
	firearm to any person who has been convicted of a felony before the
	fifth anniversary of the later of the following dates:
	(A) the person's release from confinement
	following conviction of the felony; or
	(B) the person's release from supervision under
	community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision following
	conviction of the felony;
	(5) sells, rents, leases, loans, or gives a handgun to
	any person knowing that an active protective order is directed to
	the person to whom the handgun is to be delivered; [or]
	(6) knowingly purchases, rents, leases, or receives as
	a loan or gift from another a handgun while an active protective
	order is directed to the actor; or
	(7) knowingly acquires or attempts to acquire a
	firearm, while the actor is prohibited from possessing a firearm by
	a state law or a federal law other than 18 U.S.C. Section 922(g)(4).
	(e) A licensed firearms dealer under the Brady Handgun
	Violence Prevention Act, 18 U.S.C. Section 922, who declines to
	transfer a firearm to a prospective transferee because the National
	Instant Criminal Background Check System indicates that the
	prospective transferee is prohibited from possessing a firearm
	shall notify the Department of Public Safety.
	SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 411.0525 to read as follows:
	Sec. 411.0525. INVESTIGATION OF LICENSED FIREARMS DEALER
	REPORT. (a) If the department receives a report under Section
	46.06(e), Penal Code, from a licensed firearms dealer under the
	Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, 18 U.S.C. Section 922, that
	a person prohibited from possessing a firearm has attempted to
	acquire a firearm, the department shall initiate an investigation.
	(b) If the department's investigation under this section
	produces evidence that a person may have violated Section 46.06,
	Penal Code, the department shall refer the case to the appropriate
	local authorities for further investigation and possible
	prosecution.
	SECTION 3. 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.