Texas 87th Legislative Session Pre-filed Gun Bills

[toddnjoyce]

Texas Legislature Online
Subject Alert

The following bills were assigned subjects of interest:

Subject: Weapons
HB 26
Relating to the governor's power to control the sale, transportation, and use of weapons and ammunition during a declared state of disaster or state of emergency. Removes governor's power to suspend firearms sales during an emergency.

HB 29
Relating to authorizing the provision of temporary secure storage for weapons at certain public buildings; authorizing fees.

HB 52
Relating to the creation of certain criminal offenses concerning firearm sales at gun shows; authorizing a fee.

HB 55
Relating to the carrying and possession of a concealed handgun by a school marshal.

HB 95
Relating to requiring law enforcement agencies to adopt a policy regarding the discharge of a firearm by a peace officer at or in the direction of a moving vehicle.

HB 112
Relating to the enforcement of certain federal laws regulating firearms, firearm accessories, and firearm ammunition within the State of Texas; creating a criminal offense.

HB 118
Relating to requiring a national instant criminal background check in connection with private firearm transfers; creating a criminal offense.

HB 127
Relating to the unlawful carrying of certain firearms; creating a criminal offense. Makes it unlawful to carry anything other than a handgun (AOWs are out, rifles are out, etc.)

HB 164
Relating to extreme risk protective orders; creating criminal offenses.

HB 172
Relating to creating a criminal offense for the unlawful possession or transfer of an assault weapon.

HB 178
Relating to creating a criminal offense for the unlawful possession or transfer of a large-capacity magazine.

HB 185
Relating to creating the criminal offense of failure to safely store a firearm.

HB 196
Relating to the use of deadly force in defense of a person or property. ETA: Adds a duty to retreat to TPC 9.32

HB 201
Relating to the carrying of handguns on the campuses of and certain other locations associated with institutions of higher education.

HB 208
Relating to the manufacture of firearms without a federal license; creating a criminal offense. Bye bye 80% lowers, etc.

HB 210
Relating to requiring a person convicted of an offense involving family violence or a person who is the subject of a family violence protective order to surrender firearms owned by the person.

HB 213
Relating to limiting the locations where a person may carry a firearm other than a handgun; creating a criminal offense.

HB 218
Relating to the regulation of certain firearm transfers; creating criminal offenses.

HB 223
Relating to the unlawful possession of a firearm by persons convicted of certain misdemeanor offenses in this state.

HB 227
Relating to notifying state law enforcement of an attempted acquisition of a firearm by a person prohibited from possessing a firearm.

HB 229
Relating to reporting certain orders and convictions to the Department of Public Safety.

HB 231
Relating to prohibiting the transfer of an assault weapon to certain recipients; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.

HB 234
Relating to creating a criminal offense for the unlawful possession or transfer of a large-capacity magazine.

HB 235
Relating to the prohibition on the possession of a firearm by a person following the person's conviction of certain family violence misdemeanors.

HB 236
Relating to the notice given by a property owner prohibiting a handgun license holder from carrying a handgun on certain property. 30.06/30.07 signage on 8.5x11 paper

HB 238
Relating to the regulation of firearms or ammunition by a municipality or county. Municipality or county can now regulate firearms, ammunition, etc.

HB 241
Relating to creating a criminal offense for the unlawful possession or transfer of an assault weapon.

HB 245
Relating to the creation of certain criminal offenses concerning firearm sales at gun shows; authorizing a fee.

HB 276
Relating to the carrying or possession of a handgun by certain retired judges and justices and certain other governmental officials.

HB 299
Relating to granting authority to carry a firearm to certain unlicensed persons and to related regulatory provisions and criminal offenses.

HB 304
Relating to the places where a person may carry a handgun if the person is licensed to carry a handgun and to certain related criminal offenses. Appears to expand restricted locations.

HB 328
Relating to designating June as Firearm Safety Awareness Month.

HB 336
Relating to prohibiting the recognition and enforcement of extreme risk protective orders; creating a criminal offense.

HB 340
Relating to the governor's power to control the sale, dispensing, transportation, storage, and use of alcoholic beverages, ammunition, explosives, combustibles, and weapons during a declared state of disaster or state of emergency. Prohibits governor from controlling sale and transportation of those things during an emergency.

HB 347
Relating to a false or misleading statement made to illegally acquire a firearm; creating a criminal offense.

HB 367
Relating to the prosecution and reporting of certain offenses committed because of bias or prejudice; creating a criminal offense.

HB 395
Relating to extreme risk protective orders; creating criminal offenses.

SB 60
Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for certain firearm safety supplies, including educational materials.

SB 72
Relating to requiring law enforcement agencies to adopt a policy regarding the discharge of a firearm by a peace officer at or in the direction of a moving vehicle.

SB 84
Relating to lethal violence protective orders; creating criminal offenses.

SB 110
Relating to extreme risk protective orders; creating criminal offenses.

As you can tell, the attack is on.

 

[sidebite252]

I can’t get the links to work but I don’t doubt for a minute your research Todd.
Damn, this is concerning

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Links work for me.

Holy crap!

 

[HawkeyeSATX]

WTF?!?

This is very alarming!!!!

Hawk

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[jordanmills]

There's a lot of retardedness there.

 

[toddnjoyce]

I can’t get the links to work but I don’t doubt for a minute your research Todd.
Damn, this is concerning

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[Darkpriest667]

Is GOA already on top of this? I assume they are.

 

[FireInTheWire]

Heil Biden

 

[bbbass]

Would be worse than Oregon's current laws.

 

[etmo]

Email your elected officials in the state legislature. Tell them if they support any anti-2A bills, their opponent gets your vote.

Don't assume "it can't happen in Texas." Elected officials respond to pressure. Apply it.

 

[sidebite252]

Is GOA already on top of this? I assume they are.

GOA is meeting in SA on the 12th. Would be a good opportunity to discuss this at that gathering?

 

[SURVIVOR619]

Lord! This is definitely a "don't California my Texas" list of infringements.

Adding a duty to retreat is ridiculous! As a former Kamalafornian, such a 'duty' effectively castrates any ability to protect yourself or family at home.

 

[Sasquatch]

Most of those are insane - I only saw a couple on that list that are good, like removing the governor's power to suspend sales during an emergency, and the temporary storage spaces in public buildings, removing the governor's authority to suspend or regulate the transportation or sale of stuff during an emergency. A constitutional carry bill is missing from that list - it needs to be on the table again. Most of that list are California like garbage.

 

[etmo]

Adding a duty to retreat is ridiculous! As a former Kamalafornian, such a 'duty' effectively castrates any ability to protect yourself or family at home.

There is no duty to retreat, even in a state gone mad like Kkkalifornia. Like 90% of those bills, they're just stupid democrats pandering to their base, introducing legislation that they know has 0 chance of going anywhere.

It's the borderline ones that your elected officials might see as "good to bargain with" that need to be stomped down.

 

[SQLGeek]

Relating to authorizing the provision of temporary secure storage for weapons at certain public buildings; authorizing fees.

I'll be following this one with interest. If a government is legally able to require you to disarm, they should provide a means to securely do so. The fees part of it makes me wonder. That should be something offered gratis.

 

[SQLGeek]

HB 118
Relating to requiring a national instant criminal background check in connection with private firearm transfers; creating a criminal offense.

From the bill:

"(a) A person may not sell or otherwise transfer a firearm
to another person unless:
(2) the person is not a licensed firearms dealer, and:
(A) the person sells or transfers the firearm to
... a person licensed to carry a handgun under Subchapter H,
Chapter 411, Government Code"

That's an interesting carve out. I don't think I've ever seen that before. The bill has a snowball's chance in hell of passing this year so I'm not worried but the need to maintain a BOS sounds just lovely.... :|

 

[Rhino]

I don't think I've ever seen that before. The bill has a snowball's chance in hell of passing this year so I'm not worried but the need to maintain a BOS sounds just lovely...

Nothing is out of the question, or impossible to believe at this point.

 

[Bozz10mm]

Not all of them are anti 2A, but the one's that are....wow!

For instance HB 127 prohibits the open carry of a firearm other than a handgun.

 

[SQLGeek]

We need to fight these bills with the usual fervor that we always do. But they don't surprise me. They get filed every legislative session. We must remain ever vigilant to ensure that's where they remain.

As a former Kamalafornian, such a 'duty' effectively castrates any ability to protect yourself or family at home

Sorry, I'll disagree with you here. The PRK has a lot of effed up laws but their castle doctrine is (still) quite good. We will see how long that lasts...

 

[Rhino]

We need to fight these bills with the usual fervor that we always do.

Probably harder than usual. This needs to be SO firmly opposed that they are scared to try again.