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Texas · 89th Legislature Regular Session

SB195 Relating to a required waiting period for certain firearm transfers; creating a criminal offense.

Direction

Firearms purchase background checksAI label

Restricts gun access model confidence 90%

Imposes a 30-day waiting period between sale/lease/rental of a firearm and its delivery to buyers aged 18-20, so fewer immediate firearm transfers to that group.

intentionally or knowingly sells, rents, or leases a firearm to a person 18 years of age or older but younger than 21 years of age and delivers the firearm to the person to whom the firearm is being sold, rented, or leased before the 30th day after the date on which: (A) the firearm was sold to the person; or (B) the lease or rental agreement for the firearm was entered into by the person;

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Firearms otherAI label

Restricts gun access model confidence 80%

Creates a new state jail felony for delivering a firearm to an 18-20 year old before the 30-day waiting period ends (with exceptions for peace officers and military), so more restrictions on firearm transfers to young adults.

An offense under Subsection (a)(2-a) or (7) is a state jail felony.

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  1. Filed (completed)
  2. Committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both
  5. Governor
  6. Law

Status: Died (session ended)

Last action
2025-02-03: Referred to State Affairs
Filed
2024-11-12
Committee
State Affairs
Sponsor
Jose Menendez D

Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds a 30-day waiting period specifically for firearm sales, rentals, or leases to persons aged 18-20 before delivery, with a new criminal offense and penalty for violations (and defenses for certain protected classes). This directly restricts the firearms topic via a new transfer restriction on a subset of buyers. No other listed topics are substantively addressed.

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History (4 actions)
DateChamberAction
2025-02-03SReferred to State Affairs
2025-02-03SRead first time
2024-11-12SFiled
2024-11-12SReceived by the Secretary of the Senate