Restricts gun access model confidence 90%
Creates a new state jail felony for knowingly selling, renting, leasing, transferring or offering to transfer any semiautomatic rifle, so fewer people can legally acquire one.
A person commits an offense if the person knowingly sells, rents, leases, or otherwise transfers, or offers to sell, rent, lease, or otherwise transfer a semiautomatic rifle.
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Restricts gun access model confidence 70%
Creates a blanket prohibition on transfer of semiautomatic rifles with no background-check or other exception stated, so even transfers that would pass a background check become illegal.
A person commits an offense if the person knowingly sells, rents, leases, or otherwise transfers, or offers to sell, rent, lease, or otherwise transfer a semiautomatic rifle.
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Status: Died (session ended)
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill creates a new criminal offense banning the knowing sale, rental, lease or other transfer of any semiautomatic rifle (with no exceptions listed), which directly restricts the ability to acquire such firearms and also functions as a de-facto ban beyond any background-check regime.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-04 | H | Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs |
| 2025-03-04 | H | Read first time |
| 2024-11-12 | H | Filed |