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Amend CSHB 214 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. The heading to Section 46.06, Penal Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 46.06. UNLAWFUL TRANSFER OR ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN WEAPONS.
SECTION ____. 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) 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 firearms dealer licensed under 18 U.S.C. Section 923; or
(8) acquires 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 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)(7) or (8) is a state jail felony.