HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Community Safety, Select 

TIME & DATE:  2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
Tuesday, April 4, 2023 

PLACE:       E2.012 
CHAIR:       Rep. Ryan Guillen 

HB 408         Collier
Relating to the eligibility requirements for a license to carry a handgun.

HB 853         Gervin-Hawkins                                         
Relating to designating August as Firearm Safety Awareness Month.

HB 1617        Ordaz                                                 
Relating to notice for certain defendants regarding the unlawful possession or acquisition of a firearm or ammunition.

HB 2705        Hayes                                                 
Relating to the prohibition of short-barrel firearms.

HB 2960        Cain | et al.                                         
Relating to the applicability of a defense to prosecution for an offense relating to carrying a handgun in certain prohibited locations and to repealing associated notice requirements.

HB 3137        Isaac | et al.                                         
Relating to prohibited local regulation with respect to a firearm or air gun.

HB 3266        Frazier                                               
Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of certain devices intended to modify handguns.

HB 3938        Moody                                                 
Relating to requiring certain persons prohibited by law from owning, possessing, or controlling a firearm to dispose of firearms owned, possessed, or controlled by the person.

HB 4014        Murr                                                  
Relating to prohibiting the carrying of a handgun by a member of a criminal street gang while engaged in criminal activity; creating a criminal offense; changing the eligibility for community supervision.

HB 4327        Bell, Cecil                                           
Relating to the renewal of a license to carry a handgun.

HB 4827        Leo-Wilson | et al.                                    
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of possessing or carrying a weapon in certain prohibited places associated with schools or educational institutions.

HB 4843        Holland                                               
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of unlawful possession of a firearm by a person convicted of a felony.

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