Topic and direction labels are AI-assisted, and each one quotes the bill text it is based on.
How labels work
Texas · 89th Legislature Regular Session
HB443Relating to creating a criminal offense for the unlawful possession or transfer of an assault weapon.
Direction
Firearmsweapon accessory restrictionsAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 95%
Creates a new criminal offense for knowing possession or transfer of defined assault weapons (including certain semiautomatic rifles, shotguns, pistols, and conversion kits), with a Class A misdemeanor penalty and limited defenses, so more restrictions on firearms.
A person commits an offense if the person knowingly: (1) possesses an assault weapon; or (2) sells, offers to sell, or otherwise transfers an assault weapon.
✓ Quote verified word for word in the bill text
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 creates a new Penal Code offense banning possession and transfer of defined assault weapons (with grandfathering only for those lawfully owned before a future date) and integrates that ban into numerous other statutes on school expulsion, weapon forfeiture, law-enforcement firearm sales, and self-defense, all of which increase restrictions on the listed firearms and accessories.
Related bills
SB327Relating to prohibiting the transfer of certain semiautomatic rifles to certain recipients younger than 21 years of age; creating a criminal↓Restricts gun access↓Restricts gun access Filed
HB173Relating to prohibiting the transfer of certain semiautomatic rifles to certain recipients; creating a criminal offense; increasing a crimin↓Restricts gun access↓Restricts gun access Filed
HB618Relating to the transfer of firearm magazines to recipients who are prohibited from possessing the type of firearm for which the magazine is↓Restricts gun access Filed
HB771Relating to prohibiting the transfer of certain semiautomatic rifles to certain recipients; creating a criminal offense; increasing a crimin↓Restricts gun access↓Restricts gun access Filed