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Texas · 89th Legislature Regular Session
HB397Relating to requiring a national instant criminal background check in connection with private firearm transfers; creating a criminal offense.
Direction
Firearmspurchase background checksAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 95%
Requires private firearm sellers to have a licensed dealer run a NICS background check before transferring the gun, so more background checks on private sales.
A person may not sell or otherwise transfer a firearm to another person unless: (1) the person is a licensed firearms dealer; or (2) the person is not a licensed firearms dealer, and: ... (B) before delivering the firearm to the person to whom the firearm is being sold or transferred, the person selling or transferring the firearm: (i) requests that a licensed firearms dealer conduct, in the manner required by 18 U.S.C. Section 922, a national instant criminal background check;
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FirearmsotherAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 80%
Creates a Class A misdemeanor offense for violating the private-transfer background-check requirement.
A person who violates this section commits an offense. An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
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Filed (completed)
Committee
Passed one chamber
Passed both
Governor
Law
Status: Died (session ended)
Last action
2025-02-28: Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Filed
2024-11-12
Committee
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds a new chapter to the Business & Commerce Code that mandates a NICS background check (via a licensed dealer) for all private firearm sales and transfers that are not routed through a dealer, with a new criminal penalty for noncompliance. This directly expands background-check requirements on private transfers (firearms/purchase-background-checks, restricts) and creates an offense tied to that requirement (firearms/other, restricts). No other listed topics are substantively addressed.
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