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TX SB1668
Bill
Status
2/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Joan Huffman
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AI Summary
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Adds devices designed to convert handguns to fire automatically (more than two shots per trigger pull without manual reloading) to the list of prohibited weapons under Texas Penal Code Section 46.05
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Such conversion devices would be illegal unless registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record maintained by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, or classified as a curio or relic
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Places these handgun auto-conversion devices in the same prohibited category as explosive weapons, machine guns, and short-barrel firearms
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Applies only to offenses committed on or after September 1, 2025; offenses before that date remain governed by prior law
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Takes effect September 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of certain devices intended to modify handguns.
Crimes
Last Action
Co-author authorized
3/12/2025