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Texas · 89th Legislature Regular Session
HB3541Relating to certain criminal offenses concerning the unlawful transfer or purchase of certain weapons; increasing a criminal penalty.
Direction
Firearmspurchase background checksAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Adds a state jail felony for knowingly making a material false statement on a required federal or state firearm transfer form while prohibited from possessing a firearm, increasing penalties for straw purchases and prohibited-person purchases.
while prohibited from possessing a firearm under state or federal law, knowingly makes a material false statement on a form that is: (A) required by state or federal law for the purchase, sale, or other transfer of a firearm; and (B) submitted to a firearms dealer licensed under 18 U.S.C. Section 923.
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FirearmsotherAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 85%
Broadens the offense of unlawful transfer of a firearm to cover any firearm (not just handguns) when the seller knows the recipient intends unlawful use, and increases the penalty for that offense from a Class A misdemeanor to a third-degree felony.
A person commits an offense if the person: (1) sells, rents, leases, loans, or gives a firearm to any person knowing that the person to whom the firearm is to be delivered intends to use the firearm unlawfully or in the commission of an unlawful act;
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Filed (completed)
Committee
Passed one chamber
Passed both
Governor
Law
Status: Died (session ended)
Last action
2025-03-24: Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Filed
2025-02-28
Committee
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends Penal Code §46.06 to expand and strengthen offenses related to unlawful transfer/purchase of firearms (including straw purchases, sales to minors/intoxicated/felons/protected persons, and false statements on forms by prohibited persons), raises penalties for the core unlawful-transfer offense, adds a renunciation defense for attempted purchases, updates related provisions on organized crime and asset forfeiture to reference the revised section, and includes a supremacy clause for conflicting federal law. All substantive changes fall under the firearms topic; no provisions touch
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