TITLE: Relating to possessing, manufacturing, transporting, repairing, or selling a machine gun.

SUMMARY: Relating to possessing, manufacturing, transporting, repairing, or selling a machine gun.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to possessing, manufacturing, transporting, repairing, or selling a machine gun. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 46.05(a)(1), Penal Code, is amended to read as follows: (1) any of the following items, unless the item is registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record maintained by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives or otherwise not subject to that registration requirement or unless the item is classified as a curio or relic by the United States Department of Justice: (A) an explosive weapon; or (B) [a machine gun; or (C)] a short-barrel firearm; SECTION 2. Section 46.01(9), Penal Code is repealed. SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply 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 when the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.