HB 1692

relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of unlawful
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 46.06, Penal Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
(a)  A person commits an offense if the person:
(1)  sells, rents, leases, loans, or gives a handgun to
any person knowing that the person to whom the handgun is to be
delivered intends to use it unlawfully or in the commission of an
(2)  intentionally or knowingly sells, rents, leases,
or gives or offers to sell, rent, lease, or give to any child
younger than 18 years of age any firearm, club, or
(3)  intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly sells a
firearm or ammunition for a firearm to any person who is
(4)  knowingly sells a firearm or ammunition for a
firearm to any person who has been convicted of a felony before the
fifth anniversary of the later of the following dates:
(A)  the person's release from confinement
following conviction of the felony; or
(B)  the person's release from supervision under
community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision following
(5)  sells, rents, leases, loans, or gives a handgun to
any person knowing that an active protective order is directed to
the person to whom the handgun is to be delivered;
(6)  knowingly purchases, rents, leases, or receives as
a loan or gift from another a handgun while an active protective
order is directed to the actor; [or]
(7)  while prohibited from possessing a firearm under
state or federal law, knowingly makes a material false statement on
(A)  required by state or federal law for the
purchase, sale, or other transfer of a firearm; and
(B)  submitted to a firearms dealer licensed under
(8)  knowingly sells, rents, leases, loans, or gives a
firearm to a person who the actor knows, or has reasonable cause to
(A)  a person receiving inpatient mental health
services by order of a court under Chapter 574, Health and Safety
(B)  a person who has been acquitted in a criminal
case by reason of insanity or lack of mental responsibility,
regardless of whether the person was ordered by a court to receive
inpatient treatment or residential care under Chapter 46C, Code of
(C)  a person who has been determined to have an
intellectual disability and committed by a court for long-term
placement in a residential care facility under Chapter 593, Health
(D)  an incapacitated adult for whom a court has
appointed a guardian of the person under Title 3, Estates Code,
based on a determination that the person lacks the mental capacity
to manage the person's affairs; or
(E)  a person determined to be incompetent to
stand trial under Chapter 46B, Code of Criminal Procedure.
(e)  It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (a)(8)
that the transfer is to a person who:
(1)  is the subject of a judicial order or finding that
the person is no longer an incapacitated adult or is entitled to
relief from disabilities under Section 574.088, Health and Safety
(2)  has obtained notice of relief from disabilities
SECTION 2.  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
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.