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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the prohibition on the possession of a firearm by a |
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person following the person's conviction of certain family violence |
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misdemeanors. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 46.04(b), Penal Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(b) A person who has been convicted of an offense under |
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Section 22.01, punishable as a [Class A] misdemeanor and committed |
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against an individual whose relationship to or association with the |
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person is described by Section 71.0021(b), 71.003, or 71.005, |
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Family Code [involving a member of the person's family or |
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household], commits an offense if the person possesses a firearm |
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before the fifth anniversary of the later of: |
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(1) the date of the person's release from confinement |
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following conviction of the misdemeanor; or |
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(2) the date of the person's release from community |
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supervision following conviction of the misdemeanor. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense was |
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committed before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |