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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the unlawful possession of a firearm by persons |
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convicted of certain misdemeanor offenses in this state. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 46.04(b) and (d), Penal Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A person who has been convicted of an offense under |
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Section 22.01, punishable as a Class A misdemeanor and involving a |
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member of the person's family or household, or of a violent |
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misdemeanor commits an offense if the person possesses a firearm |
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before the fifth anniversary of the later of: |
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(1) the date of the person's release from confinement |
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following conviction of the misdemeanor; or |
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(2) the date of the person's release from community |
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supervision following conviction of the misdemeanor. |
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(d) In this section: |
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(1) "Family,"[, "family,"] "household," and "member |
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of a household" have the meanings assigned by Chapter 71, Family |
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Code. |
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(2) "Violent misdemeanor" means an offense under the |
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laws of this state that is punishable as a misdemeanor and that has |
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as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of force |
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against any person. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |