H.B. No. 1819

	AN ACT
	relating to the criminal consequences of engaging in certain
	conduct with respect to a firearm silencer.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Sections 46.05(a) and (e), Penal Code, are
	amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A person commits an offense if the person intentionally
	or knowingly possesses, manufactures, transports, repairs, or
	sells:
	(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;
	(B)  a machine gun; or
	(C)  a short-barrel firearm; [or
	[(D)  a firearm silencer;]
	(2)  knuckles;
	(3)  armor-piercing ammunition;
	(4)  a chemical dispensing device;
	(5)  a zip gun; [or]
	(6)  a tire deflation device; or
	(7)  a firearm silencer, unless the firearm silencer is
	classified as a curio or relic by the United States Department of
	Justice or the actor otherwise possesses, manufactures,
	transports, repairs, or sells the firearm silencer in compliance
	with federal law.
	(e)  An offense under Subsection (a)(1), (3), (4), [or] (5),
	or (7) is a felony of the third degree.  An offense under Subsection
	(a)(6) is a state jail felony.  An offense under Subsection (a)(2)
	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, 2017.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1819 was passed by the House on May 6,
	2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
	No. 1819 on May 19, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0,
	1 present, not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1819 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 17, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 28, Nays
	2.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date
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	Governor