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Texas · 89th Legislature Regular Session
HB461Relating to the regulation of certain firearm transfers; creating criminal offenses.
Direction
Firearmspurchase background checksAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 95%
Requires NICS background checks through a licensed dealer for all private firearm transfers (with narrow exceptions), so more restrictions on who can acquire firearms.
A person may not sell or otherwise transfer a firearm to another person unless: (1) the person is a licensed firearms dealer; (2) the person transfers the firearm to a licensed firearms dealer; or (3) before the firearm is delivered to the person to whom the firearm is being transferred, the person transferring the firearm delivers the firearm to a licensed firearms dealer to retain possession of the firearm until the dealer conducts a national instant criminal background check in the manner required by 18 U.S.C. Section 922 and verifies that the proposed transferee may lawfully possess a fire
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FirearmsotherAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Imposes documentation, submission, and annual volume limits (more than five firearms) on private transfers, with misdemeanor penalties, so more restrictions on private firearm transfers.
A person may not sell or otherwise transfer more than five firearms to one or more persons each year unless the transferor is a licensed firearms dealer.
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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 Chapter 205 to the Business & Commerce Code to regulate private firearm transfers by requiring NICS background checks via a licensed dealer, mandatory documentation and state submission for non-dealer transfers, and a limit of five private transfers per year (with limited exceptions for inheritance and close family). Violations are misdemeanors. These provisions all increase restrictions on private firearm sales and transfers; no provisions expand access or preempt restrictions.
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