Bill Text: TX HB223 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the unlawful possession of a firearm by persons convicted of certain misdemeanor offenses in this state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-25 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB223 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB223-Introduced.html
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| By: Meza | H.B. No. 223 | |
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| relating to the unlawful possession of a firearm by persons | ||
| convicted of certain misdemeanor offenses in this state. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Sections 46.04(b) and (d), Penal Code, are | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) A person who has been convicted of an offense under | ||
| Section 22.01, punishable as a Class A misdemeanor and involving a | ||
| member of the person's family or household, or of a violent | ||
| misdemeanor commits an offense if the person possesses a firearm | ||
| before the fifth anniversary of the later of: | ||
| (1) the date of the person's release from confinement | ||
| following conviction of the misdemeanor; or | ||
| (2) the date of the person's release from community | ||
| supervision following conviction of the misdemeanor. | ||
| (d) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Family,"[ |
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| of a household" have the meanings assigned by Chapter 71, Family | ||
| Code. | ||
| (2) "Violent misdemeanor" means an offense under the | ||
| laws of this state that is punishable as a misdemeanor and that has | ||
| as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of force | ||
| against any person. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | ||
| governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, | ||
| and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | ||
| purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | ||
| effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | ||
| before that date. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
