Bill Text: TX HB3629 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of making a firearm accessible to a child.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-16 - Referred to Community Safety, Select [HB3629 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3629-Introduced.html
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By: Lalani | H.B. No. 3629 |
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relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of | ||
making a firearm accessible to a child. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 46.13(d), Penal Code, is amended to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(d) An [ |
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under this section is a Class A [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 46.13(e), Penal Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, | ||
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | ||
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | ||
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | ||
before that date. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |