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Texas · 89th Legislature Regular Session
HB2047Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of making a firearm accessible to a child.
Direction
Firearmsstorage minorsAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Increases the penalty for the offense of making a firearm accessible to a child from a Class C to a Class A misdemeanor (and repeals the exception that made it a state jail felony in some cases), so more punishment for unsafe firearm storage around children.
An [deleted: Except as provided by Subsection (e), an] offense under this section is a Class A [deleted: C] misdemeanor.
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Filed (completed)
Committee
Passed one chamber
Passed both
Governor
Law
Status: Died (session ended)
Last action
2025-03-14: Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Filed
2025-01-23
Committee
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends the penalty for making a firearm accessible to a child, raising the base penalty (restricts firearms) but repealing the enhanced felony penalty that applied in cases where the child commits a serious offense with the firearm (expands firearms by reducing the punishment in those scenarios).
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HB119Relating to designating August as Firearm Safety Awareness Month.=No change to gun access=No change to gun access Filed
HB609Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of making a firearm accessible to a child.↓Restricts gun access Filed
HB658Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of making a firearm accessible to a child; increasing a criminal penalty.↓Restricts gun access Filed
HB672Relating to civil liability arising from a firearm hold agreement.↑Expands gun access=No change to gun access Filed