Honorable Ryan Guillen, Chair, House Committee on Community Safety, Select
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB220 by Goodwin (Relating to the offense of unlawful transfer of handguns and other firearms and to the duties of certain entities with respect to handgun licenses that are active, suspended, or revoked; creating a criminal offense.), As Introduced
The bill would expand the qualifying weapons related to certain conduct constituting the offense of unlawful transfer of a handgun to include any firearm and would make it a Class A misdemeanor offense if a person knowingly presents a suspended or revoked license to carry a handgun as evidence that the person is not prohibited by state or federal law from possessing a firearm.
The bill would not expressly create a felony offense, increase the punishment for an existing misdemeanor to that of a felony, increase the punishment for an existing felony offense or category of felony level offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for felony community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision. It is assumed that any impact on state correctional populations or on the demand for state correctional resources would not be significant.