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Texas · 89th Legislature Regular Session
HB956Relating to the reporting of certain orders and convictions to the Department of Public Safety and Federal Bureau of Investigation for use with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System for the transfer of firearms.
Direction
Firearmspurchase background checksAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Requires faster and more consistent reporting of protective orders and family violence misdemeanor convictions to DPS and the FBI for use in the NICS, so that more prohibited persons are flagged during firearm purchase background checks.
The department shall report to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for use with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System each protective order and each conviction for a family violence misdemeanor not later than the third calendar day after the date the department receives information that the protective order or judgment of conviction was entered.
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FirearmsotherAI label
↔Mixed gun accessmodel confidence 70%
Expands the scope of reportable offenses by removing the family-violence qualifier from the general arrest-reporting requirement for misdemeanors punishable by fine only, while adding specific fast-track reporting for family-violence misdemeanors that prohibit firearm possession.
a misdemeanor punishable by fine only that involves family violence[deleted: , as defined by Section 71.004, Family Code].
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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 mandates timely entry of protective orders and family-violence convictions into state and federal databases used by NICS, which restricts firearm purchases by prohibited persons; it also deletes a family-violence limitation on misdemeanor arrest reporting, which has a mixed net effect on the firearms axis.
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