88R7843 MZM-D
 
  By: Plesa H.B. No. 2435
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the unlawful transfer or purchase of certain weapons;
  creating a criminal offense.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 46.06, Penal Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 46.06.  UNLAWFUL TRANSFER OR PURCHASE OF CERTAIN
  WEAPONS.
         SECTION 2.  Sections 46.06(a) and (d), Penal Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A person commits an offense if the person:
               (1)  sells, rents, leases, loans, or gives a handgun to
  any person knowing that the person to whom the 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)  sells, rents, leases, loans, or gives a firearm or
  ammunition for a firearm to any person knowing or having reasonable
  cause to believe that the person is prohibited from possessing a
  firearm or ammunition for a firearm by state or federal law
  [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 handgun to
  any person knowing that an active protective order is directed to
  the person to whom the handgun is to be delivered;
               (6)  knowingly purchases, rents, leases, or receives as
  a loan or gift from another a 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 [licensed] firearms dealer
  licensed under[, as defined by] 18 U.S.C. Section 923; or
               (8)  purchases or attempts to purchase a firearm with
  intent to deliver the firearm to a person knowing that the person to
  whom the firearm is to be delivered is prohibited from possessing
  the firearm by state or federal law.
         (d)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor,
  except that:
               (1)  an offense under Subsection (a)(2) is a state jail
  felony if the weapon that is the subject of the offense is a
  handgun; and
               (2)  an offense under Subsection (a)(4), (a)(7), or
  (a)(8) is a state jail felony.
         SECTION 3.  To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
  over another Act of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023,
  relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
  codes.
         SECTION 4.  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 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.