Bill Text: TX SB356 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 356

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of unlawful transfer of a firearm.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-02-03 - Referred to State Affairs [SB356 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SB356-Introduced.html

	89R4328 JDK-D

	By: Eckhardt, Gutierrez	S.B. No. 356



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the prosecution of the offense of unlawful transfer of a
	firearm.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 46.06(a), Penal Code, is amended to read
	as follows:
	(a) A person commits an offense if the person:
	(1) sells, rents, leases, loans, or gives a firearm
	[~~handgun~~] to any person knowing that the person to whom the firearm
	[~~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 firearm
	[~~handgun~~] to any person knowing that an active protective order is
	directed to the person to whom the firearm [~~handgun~~] is to be
	delivered;
	(6) knowingly purchases, rents, leases, or receives as
	a loan or gift from another a firearm [~~handgun~~] while an active
	protective order is directed to the actor; or
	(7) while prohibited from possessing a firearm under
	state or federal law, knowingly makes a material false statement on
	a form that is:
	(A) required by state or federal law for the
	purchase, sale, or other transfer of a firearm; and
	(B) submitted to a firearms dealer licensed under
	18 U.S.C. Section 923.
	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, 2025.