Bill Text: TX SB2007 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the unlawful possession of a firearm by persons placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for certain felony offenses; creating a criminal offense.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB2007 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB2007-Introduced.html
86R1924 MAW-F | ||
By: Lucio | S.B. No. 2007 |
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relating to the unlawful possession of a firearm by persons placed | ||
on deferred adjudication community supervision for certain felony | ||
offenses; creating a criminal offense. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 46.04, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) A person who has been placed on deferred adjudication | ||
community supervision for a felony listed in Article 42A.054(a), | ||
Code of Criminal Procedure, commits an offense if the person | ||
possesses a firearm during the person's period of supervision. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a | ||
person on deferred adjudication community supervision on or after | ||
the effective date of this Act, regardless of whether the person was | ||
placed on deferred adjudication community supervision before, on, | ||
or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |