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Texas · 90th Legislature Regular Session
HB609Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of making a firearm accessible to a child.
Direction
Firearmsstorage minorsAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Increases the penalty for the offense of making a firearm accessible to a child from a Class C to a Class A misdemeanor (and repeals the exception that made it a state jail felony in some cases), so more punishment for unsafe firearm storage around children.
An [deleted: Except as provided by Subsection (e), an] offense under this section is a Class A [deleted: C] misdemeanor.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends Texas Penal Code §46.13 to increase the base penalty for making a firearm accessible to a child from Class C to Class A misdemeanor (restricts firearms via stronger enforcement of storage rules) while repealing the prior subsection that imposed a higher state-jail-felony penalty in cases resulting in death or serious injury (which expands by reducing the maximum penalty in the most serious cases); both changes are substantive and distinct.
Related bills
HB119Relating to designating August as Firearm Safety Awareness Month.=No change to gun access=No change to 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
SB1524Relating to the collection and confidentiality of information regarding firearms in agency foster homes; creating a civil penalty.↑Expands gun access↑Expands gun access Died (session ended)