88(R) HB 4843 - Introduced version - Bill Text

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of unlawful possession of a firearm by a person convicted of a felony.

https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04843I.htm

  88R14279 EAS-F
 
  By: Holland H.B. No. 4843
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of
  unlawful possession of a firearm by a person convicted of a felony.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 46.04(e), Penal Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (e)  An offense under Subsection (a) is a felony of the
  second [third] degree with a minimum term of imprisonment of 10
  years. An offense under Subsection (a-1), (b), or (c) is a Class A
  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 occurred
  before that date.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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