Bill Text: TX SB405 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the reporting of lost or stolen firearms; creating a criminal offense.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-15 - Referred to State Affairs [SB405 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB405-Introduced.html
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| By: Eckhardt | S.B. No. 405 | |
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| relating to the reporting of lost or stolen firearms; creating a | ||
| criminal offense. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 411, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 411.056 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 411.056. REPORT OF LOST OR STOLEN FIREARM. (a) A | ||
| peace officer who receives a report from the owner of a firearm or | ||
| the owner's agent that the firearm was lost or stolen shall report | ||
| the loss or theft to the department. The report must include: | ||
| (1) the name of the owner; | ||
| (2) any available information about the firearm; and | ||
| (3) the date that the owner became aware the firearm | ||
| was lost or stolen. | ||
| (b) The department shall regularly send all reports | ||
| received under Subsection (a) to the National Crime Information | ||
| Center. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 46, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Section 46.135 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 46.135. FAILURE TO REPORT LOST OR STOLEN FIREARM. (a) | ||
| A person commits an offense if the person: | ||
| (1) owns a firearm that is subsequently lost by or | ||
| stolen from the person; and | ||
| (2) fails to report the loss or theft, or cause a | ||
| report of the loss or theft to be made, to a peace officer or law | ||
| enforcement agency not later than 24 hours after the time the person | ||
| became aware the firearm was lost or stolen. | ||
| (b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor, | ||
| except that the offense is a Class B misdemeanor if it is shown on | ||
| the trial of the offense that the defendant has been previously | ||
| convicted of an offense under this section. | ||
| (c) If conduct constituting an offense under this section | ||
| also constitutes an offense under another section of this code, the | ||
| actor may be prosecuted under either section or under both | ||
| sections. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
