88R14113 MPF-D
 
  By: Reynolds H.B. No. 3271
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the seizure of firearms during the emergency detention
  of certain persons who may have a mental illness.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 573.001(h), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (h)  A peace officer who takes a person into custody under
  Subsection (a) shall [may] immediately seize any firearm found in
  possession of the person.  After seizing a firearm under this
  subsection, the peace officer shall comply with the requirements of
  Article 18.191, Code of Criminal Procedure.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an apprehension for an emergency detention that occurs on or
  after the effective date of this Act.  An apprehension for emergency
  detention that occurs before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect on the date the apprehension for
  emergency detention occurred, and the former law is continued in
  effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.