Bill Text: TX SB172 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the reporting of lost or stolen firearms and to proof of loss for personal property insurance coverage for those firearms; creating a criminal offense.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-15 - Referred to State Affairs [SB172 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB172-Introduced.html
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| By: Blanco | S.B. No. 172 | |
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| relating to the reporting of lost or stolen firearms and to proof of | ||
| loss for personal property insurance coverage for those firearms; | ||
| creating a criminal offense. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 2002, Insurance Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 2002.007 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2002.007. PROOF OF LOSS FOR FIREARM COVERAGE. (a) In | ||
| this section, "personal property insurance" means insurance | ||
| against damage to or loss of tangible personal property, including | ||
| coverage provided in a homeowners insurance policy, residential | ||
| fire and allied lines insurance policy, or farm and ranch owners | ||
| insurance policy. | ||
| (b) This section applies to each insurer that provides | ||
| personal property insurance in this state, including a county | ||
| mutual insurance company, farm mutual insurance company, Lloyd's | ||
| plan, and reciprocal or interinsurance exchange. | ||
| (c) A personal property insurance policy that includes | ||
| firearm coverage must provide that a report of the loss or theft of | ||
| a covered firearm submitted to a peace officer or law enforcement | ||
| agency on or before the 10th day after the date the policyholder | ||
| became aware the firearm was lost or stolen is sufficient proof of | ||
| loss for the firearm. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 46, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Section 46.135 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 46.135. FAILURE TO REPORT LOST OR STOLEN FIREARM. (a) | ||
| A person commits an offense if the person: | ||
| (1) owns a firearm that is subsequently lost by or | ||
| stolen from the person; and | ||
| (2) fails to report the loss or theft, or cause a | ||
| report of the loss or theft to be made, to a peace officer or law | ||
| enforcement agency on or before the 10th day after the date the | ||
| person became aware the firearm was lost or stolen. | ||
| (b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor. | ||
| (c) If conduct constituting an offense under this section | ||
| also constitutes an offense under another section of this code, the | ||
| actor may be prosecuted under either section or under both | ||
| sections. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 2002.007, Insurance Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies only to an insurance policy delivered, issued for | ||
| delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2024. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
