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TX HB4476
Bill
Status
3/12/2025
Primary Sponsor
Don McLaughlin
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AI Summary
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Requires mandatory transfer from juvenile court to adult criminal court for children aged 14 or older who are accused of committing a first-degree felony involving the use or exhibition of a firearm
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Allows mandatory transfers to proceed without the diagnostic study typically required in discretionary transfer proceedings
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Creates a new expunction pathway for individuals convicted or placed on deferred adjudication for offenses transferred under this provision, available once they reach age 25 and have no subsequent firearm-related convictions
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Requires the court to determine at an expunction hearing that the petitioner is rehabilitated and has demonstrated a commitment to being a responsible citizen
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Takes effect September 1, 2025, and applies only to offenses committed on or after that date
Legislative Description
Relating to the waiver of jurisdiction by a juvenile court for certain children who are accused of committing certain offenses involving the use or exhibition of a firearm, the mandatory transfer of jurisdiction for those children to a criminal court, and an order of expunction issued with respect to those offenses.
Crimes
Last Action
Left pending in committee
4/22/2025