Bill Text: TX SB555 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the unlawful possession of a firearm by persons convicted of offenses committed because of bias or prejudice or of certain felony offenses; creating a criminal offense.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-11 - Referred to State Affairs [SB555 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB555-Introduced.html
  87R2452 MAW-D
 
  By: Blanco S.B. No. 555
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the unlawful possession of a firearm by persons
  convicted of offenses committed because of bias or prejudice or of
  certain felony offenses; creating a criminal offense.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 46.04, Penal Code, is amended by adding
  Subsections (a-1) and (h) and amending Subsection (e) to read as
  follows:
         (a-1)  A person commits an offense if the person possesses a
  firearm at any time after the person has been convicted of:
               (1)  an offense for which the judgment contains an
  affirmative finding under Article 42.014, Code of Criminal
  Procedure; or
               (2)  a felony under:
                     (A)  Section 19.02;
                     (B)  Section 19.03;
                     (C)  Chapter 20;
                     (D)  Chapter 20A;
                     (E)  Section 22.01;
                     (F)  Section 22.011;
                     (G)  Section 22.02;
                     (H)  Section 22.021;
                     (I)  Section 22.04;
                     (J)  Section 22.041;
                     (K)  Section 25.07;
                     (L)  Section 25.071;
                     (M)  Section 25.072;
                     (N)  Section 29.02;
                     (O)  Section 29.03; or
                     (P)  Section 42.072.
         (e)  An offense under Subsection (a) or (a-1) is a felony of
  the third degree.  An offense under Subsection (b) or (c) is a Class
  A misdemeanor.
         (h)  If conduct that constitutes an offense under Subsection
  (a-1) also constitutes an offense under Subsection (a), the actor
  may be prosecuted under Subsection (a) or (a-1), but not both. If
  conduct that constitutes an offense under Subsection (a-1) also
  constitutes an offense under Subsection (b), the actor may be
  prosecuted under Subsection (a-1) or (b), but not both.
         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, 2021.
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