HB 396

relating to the prohibition on the possession of a firearm by a
person following the person's conviction of certain family violence
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 46.04(b), Penal Code, is amended to read
(b)  A person who has been convicted of an offense under
Section 22.01, punishable as a [Class A] misdemeanor and committed
against an individual whose relationship to or association with the
person is described by Section 71.0021(b), 71.003, or 71.005,
Family Code [involving a member of the person's family or
household], commits an offense if the person possesses a firearm
before the fifth anniversary of the later of:
(1)  the date of the person's release from confinement
following conviction of the misdemeanor; or
(2)  the date of the person's release from community
supervision following conviction of the misdemeanor.
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 was
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.