Bill Text: TX HB226 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to creating the criminal offense of the manufacture of a firearm without a federal license.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB226 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB226-Introduced.html

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89R4707 JCG-D
By: Meza H.B. No. 226

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to creating the criminal offense of the manufacture of a
firearm without a federal license.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 46, Penal Code, is amended by adding
Section 46.051 to read as follows:
Sec. 46.051. MANUFACTURE OF FIREARM WITHOUT FEDERAL LICENSE
PROHIBITED. (a) A person who does not hold a federal license to
manufacture firearms under 18 U.S.C. Section 923 commits an offense
if the person intentionally or knowingly manufactures a firearm.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
(c) If conduct that constitutes an offense under this
section also constitutes an offense under any other law, the actor
may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.