Amend SB 1596 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) Strike page 1, lines 4 and 5, and substitute the following:
SECTION 1. Section 46.05, Penal Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(2) On page 1, between lines 22 and 23, insert the following:
(a-1) A person may not sell or otherwise transfer a short-barrel firearm to another person unless:
(1) the person is a licensed firearms dealer;
(2) the person sells or transfers the short-barrel firearm to a licensed firearms dealer; or
(3) before the short-barrel firearm is delivered to the person to whom the firearm is being sold or transferred, the person selling or transferring the firearm delivers the firearm to a licensed firearms dealer to retain possession of the firearm until the dealer conducts a national instant criminal background check in the manner required by 18 U.S.C. Section 922 and verifies that the person to whom the firearm is being sold or transferred may lawfully possess a firearm.
(3) Strike page 2, line 10.
(4) Renumber SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.