Proposed Texas Firearm Legislation SB170
Legislation Overview
Title: Relating to requiring a national instant criminal background check in connection with certain firearm transfers; creating a criminal offense.
Subject: Criminal Procedure: Criminal Procedure--General: Law Enforcement: Weapons: CRIMINAL RECORDS
Description: Relating to requiring a national instant criminal background check in connection with certain firearm transfers; creating a criminal offense.
Session: 88th Legislature Regular Session
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs
Last Action Date: February 15, 2023
Sponsors
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2 sponsors: Cesar Blanco (D); Nathan Johnson (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 6% (2 of 31)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Feb 15, 2023 | Read first time |
| Senate | Feb 15, 2023 | Referred to State Affairs |
| Senate | Feb 7, 2023 | Co-author authorized |
| Senate | Nov 14, 2022 | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| Senate | Nov 14, 2022 | Filed |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Nov 14, 2022 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
