87R7902 TSS-D
 
  By: Dutton H.B. No. 2105
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to failure to identify to a peace officer while carrying
  certain firearms; creating a criminal offense.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 38.02, Penal Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (b-1) and amending Subsections (c) and (d) to read as
  follows:
         (b-1)  A person commits an offense if the person is carrying
  a partially or wholly visible firearm other than a handgun and the
  person intentionally:
               (1)  refuses to give the person's name, residence
  address, or date of birth to a peace officer who has requested the
  information; or
               (2)  gives a false or fictitious name, residence
  address, or date of birth to a peace officer who has requested the
  information.
         (c)  Except as provided by Subsection [Subsections] (d) [and
  (e)], an offense under this section is:
               (1)  a Class C misdemeanor if the offense is committed
  under Subsection (a) or (b-1)(1); or
               (2)  a Class B misdemeanor if the offense is committed
  under Subsection (b) or (b-1)(2).
         (d)  If it is shown on the trial of an offense under this
  section that the defendant was a fugitive from justice at the time
  of the offense, the offense is:
               (1)  a Class B misdemeanor if the offense is committed
  under Subsection (a) or (b-1)(1); or
               (2)  a Class A misdemeanor if the offense is committed
  under Subsection (b) or (b-1)(2).
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.