Restricts gun access model confidence 90%
Requires a handgun safety course certificate before any transfer of a handgun, so more restrictions on handgun transfers.
sells, rents, leases, loans, or gives a handgun to any person without first verifying that the person possesses a certificate of completion issued by the Department of Public Safety under Section 411.222, Government Code.
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Restricts gun access model confidence 80%
Establishes a state handgun safety course administered by qualified instructors and requires its completion for handgun transfers, adding a new regulatory requirement on transfers.
The director by rule shall establish minimum standards for a handgun safety course that a person may complete to receive a certificate of completion from the department under this section.
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Status: Died (session ended)
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds a new requirement that any person receiving a handgun via sale, rental, lease, loan or gift must first possess a certificate of completion from a state-established handgun safety course; violation is a criminal offense. This is a new restriction on handgun transfers under the firearms topic (subtag purchase-background-checks for the verification step, and other for the course mandate itself). No other listed topics are substantively addressed.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-12 | H | Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs |
| 2025-03-12 | H | Read first time |
| 2024-12-12 | H | Filed |