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Texas · 89th Legislature Regular Session
HB889Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of making a firearm accessible to a child; increasing a criminal penalty.
Direction
Firearmsstorage minorsAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Expands the age of a 'child' to under 18 (from under 17), narrows affirmative defenses for access, adds an exception for authorized access for lawful purposes, and increases the penalty to a third-degree felony when a non-resident is killed or seriously injured by the discharged firearm, so more and
It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the child's access to the firearm: (1) [deleted: was supervised by a person older than 18 years of age and was for hunting, sporting, or other lawful purposes; (2)] consisted of lawful defense by the child of people or property;
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Filed (completed)
Committee
Passed one chamber
Passed both
Governor
Law
Status: Died (session ended)
Last action
2025-03-06: 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 amends the offense of making a firearm accessible to a child by raising the child age definition, narrowing defenses, adding a specific exception for parent-authorized lawful use, and increasing penalties in certain injury/death cases; all changes affect only the firearms/storage-minors topic.
Related bills
HB119Relating to designating August as Firearm Safety Awareness Month.=No change to gun access=No change to gun access Filed
HB609Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of making a firearm accessible to a child.↓Restricts gun access Filed
HB658Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of making a firearm accessible to a child; increasing a criminal penalty.↓Restricts gun access Filed
HB672Relating to civil liability arising from a firearm hold agreement.↑Expands gun access=No change to gun access Filed