Democrats win in Texas
Next - Wave of new anti-gun laws filed in the state of Texas
- HB 103 - Author: Rep. Mando Martinez (Democrat). This bill would make it possible to prosecute "the criminal offense of reckless discharge of a firearm" in larger swaths of the territory in Texas.
- HB 659 - Author: Rep. Joe Moody (Democrat). This bill would require "a licensed firearms dealer to report certain sales or transfers of multiple firearms or firearm magazines to law enforcement," creating a new criminal offense.
- SB 80 - Author: Sen. Judith Zaffirini (Democrat). This bill would ban "certain transfers, purchases, and possession of assault weapons," creating new criminal offenses.
- HB 613 - Author: Rep. Suleman Lalani (Democrat). This bill would require "a national instant criminal background check in connection with private firearm transfers" and create a new criminal offense.
- HB 712 - Author: Rep. Erin Gámez (Democrat). This bill would allow cities and counties "to regulate or prohibit the carrying of a firearm on the premises of certain libraries."
- SB 308 - Author: Sen. Roland Gutierrez, a Democrat (and others). This bill would ban the making and possession of 3D-printed "firearms and major components of firearms," but also "the distribution or publication" of the digital files that serve to print these firearms and their components. It would create new criminal offenses.
- HB 606 - Author: Lalani. This bill would ban "the transfer of firearms to or the purchase or possession of firearms by persons younger than 21 years of age." It would create a new criminal offense.
- HB 218 - Author: Rep. Ann Johnson (Democrat). This bill would allow members of a family or household and law enforcement officers to ask a court to curtail someone's ability to access firearms if they think the person poses an immediate danger due to mental illness. It would allow for the "creation, issuance, and enforcement" of "extreme risk protective orders."
- HB 618 - Author: Moody. This bill would ban the "transfer of firearm magazines to recipients who are prohibited from possessing the type of firearm for which the magazine is designed or made" and create a new criminal offense.
- HB 610 - Author: Lalani. This bill would ban "the transfer of firearms to certain recipients who are younger than 21 years of age."
- HB 660 -Author: Moody. This bill would require "certain persons prohibited by law from owning, possessing, or controlling a firearm" to give up the firearms they own, possess or control.
- HB 173 - Author: Moody. This bill would ban "the transfer of certain semiautomatic rifles" people younger than 21 and it would both create a criminal offense and increase a criminal penalty. It would also create some exceptions when a person younger than 21 may access such weapons.
- HB 857 - Author: Rep. Rafael Anchía (Democrat). Similarly to HB 173, this bill would ban "the transfer of certain semiautomatic rifles to certain recipients younger than 21 years of age," creating some exceptions.
- SB 327 - Author: Gutierrez (and others). Similarly to HB 173 and HB 857, the bill would ban "the transfer of certain semiautomatic rifles to certain recipients younger than 21 years of age."
- HB 806 - Author: Rep. Ron Reynolds (Democrat). Similarly to HB 173, HB 857 and SB 327, the bill would ban "the transfer of semiautomatic rifles to certain recipients" younger than 21 years old.
- HB 771 - Author: Pooja Sethi (Democrat). Similarly to HB 173, HB 857, SB 327 and HB 806, the bill would ban "the transfer of semiautomatic rifles to certain recipients" younger than 21 years old.
- HB 533 - Author: Rep. Carl Tepper (Republican). This bill would ban "the carrying of concealed handguns by handgun license holders on the premises of certain polling places on the day of an election or while early voting is in progress."
- HB 658 - Author: Moody. This bill would make it possible to prosecute and punish "the offense of making a firearm accessible to a child" and it would increase a criminal penalty.
- HB 612 - Author: Lalani. This bill would ban "a sex offender from possessing a firearm."
- HB 576 - Author: Lalani. This bill would ban "sex offenders from purchasing firearms."
- SB 234 - Author: Sen. Carol Alvarado, a Democrat (and others).This would ban people convicted of "certain family violence misdemeanors" from owning a firearm.
- HB 609 - Author: Lalani. Similarly to HB 658, this bill would increase "the criminal penalty for the offense of making a firearm accessible to a child."
- HB 859 - Author: Anchía. This bill would increase "the criminal penalty" for "discharging a firearm in certain municipalities."
Gun Owners in Texas are soon going to realize, elections have consequences.