HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

 

COMMITTEE:    Community Safety, Select 

TIME & DATE:  2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
Tuesday, March 21, 2023 

PLACE:       E2.012 
CHAIR:       Rep. Ryan Guillen 

 

HB 165         Johnson, Ann
Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for an aggravated assault occurring as part of a mass shooting; increasing a criminal penalty.

HB 175         Schaefer                                              
Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files for certain defendants placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for the unlawful carrying of a handgun.

HB 544         Johnson, Julie                                         
Relating to the reporting of certain orders and convictions to the Department of Public Safety and Federal Bureau of Investigation for use with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System for the transfer of firearms.

HB 636         Patterson                                             
Relating to the applicability to election judges of a prohibition on the carrying of a handgun at a polling place.

HB 902         Moody                                                 
Relating to prohibiting the transfer of certain firearm magazines to certain recipients; creating a criminal offense.

HB 1229        Harris, Cody                                          
Relating to the collection and confidentiality of information regarding weapons in agency foster homes; creating a civil penalty.

HB 1760        Hefner                                                
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of possessing a weapon in certain prohibited places associated with schools or postsecondary educational institutions.

HB 2076        Goodwin                                               
Relating to the prohibition on the possession of a firearm by a person following the person's conviction of certain family violence misdemeanors.

HB 2242        Howard                                                
Relating to the use of dynamic message signs for the Keep 'Em Safe Texas Gun Storage Campaign.

HB 2454        Guillen                                               
Relating to procuring a firearm for person prohibited to possessing a firearm; creating a criminal offense.

HB 2780        Leach                                                 
Relating to the reporting of mental health and intellectual disability information with respect to certain children for purposes of a federal firearm background check.

HB 3443        Canales                                               
Relating to adding a designation on a person's driver's license or commercial driver's license indicating that the person is licensed to carry a handgun.

HB 3539        Troxclair                                             
Relating to the establishment and administration of a state ammunition manufacturing facility; granting rulemaking authority.

HCR 36         Guillen                                               
Urging Congress to ensure that the survivors and surviving families of the Sutherland Springs mass shooting receive compensation equivalent to the relief provided to those impacted by similar incidents.

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