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
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| By: Blanco | S.B. No. 555 | |
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| 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. | ||
