89R4505 AJZ-D
	By: Moody	H.B. No. 883

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to requiring a licensed firearms dealer to report certain
	sales or transfers of multiple firearms or firearm magazines to law
	enforcement; creating a criminal offense.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Title 6, Business & Commerce Code, is amended by
	adding Chapter 205 to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 205. REPORTS OF CERTAIN MULTIPLE TRANSFERS
	SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
	Sec. 205.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
	(1)  "Department" means the Department of Public Safety
	of the State of Texas.
	(2)  "Firearm" has the meaning assigned by Section
	46.01, Penal Code.
	(3)  "Licensed firearms dealer" means a person who is
	licensed as a firearms dealer under 18 U.S.C. Section 923.
	SUBCHAPTER B. REQUIRED REPORTING OF CERTAIN MULTIPLE TRANSFERS
	Sec. 205.051.  REPORT BY LICENSED FIREARMS DEALER TO
	DEPARTMENT. (a) This section applies only to a sale or transfer
	that:
	(1)  is made to the same transferee, other than a
	licensed firearms dealer, on a single occasion or on more than one
	occasion during a period of five consecutive business days; and
	(2)  consists of:
	(A)  two or more firearms; or
	(B)  four or more detachable firearm magazines,
	other than detachable firearm magazines that are originally
	packaged with a firearm by the manufacturer and sold or otherwise
	transferred in the original packaging.
	(b)  A licensed firearms dealer shall report to the
	department, in the form and manner prescribed by the department
	under Section 205.101, the multiple sales or transfers described by
	Subsection (a).
	(c)  Before completing a sale or transfer of any firearm or
	any detachable firearm magazine described by Subsection (a)(2)(B),
	the licensed firearms dealer making the sale or transfer shall:
	(1)  review the items in the current sale or transfer
	and any recent previous sales and transfers by the dealer to that
	transferee to determine whether the reporting duties of this
	subchapter apply to the dealer as a result of that sale or transfer;
	and
	(2)  submit a report, if required, under Subsection
	(b).
	(d)  Information in a report submitted by a licensed firearms
	dealer to the department under this section:
	(1)  is confidential and not subject to disclosure
	under Chapter 552, Government Code; and
	(2)  may not be transmitted, used, or preserved for the
	purpose of a registry or other database of information relating to
	firearm owners, firearms, or firearm magazines.
	(e)  Subsection (d)(2) does not apply to the transmission,
	use, or preservation of report information for inclusion in the
	following databases:
	(1)  the National Instant Criminal Background Check
	System; and
	(2)  a database maintained by the Texas Crime
	Information Center or the National Crime Information Center.
	Sec. 205.052.  REPORT BY DEPARTMENT TO SHERIFF. (a) Not
	later than 24 hours after receiving a report from a licensed
	firearms dealer under Section 205.051(b), the department shall
	transmit the report to:
	(1)  the sheriff of each county in which the applicable
	sales or transfers occurred; and
	(2)  the sheriff of the county in which the transferee
	resides.
	(b)  Information in a report submitted by the department to a
	county sheriff under Subsection (a):
	(1)  is confidential and not subject to disclosure
	under Chapter 552, Government Code; and
	(2)  may not be transmitted, used, or preserved for the
	purpose of a registry or other database of information relating to
	firearm owners, firearms, or firearm magazines.
	(c)  Subsection (b)(2) does not apply to the transmission,
	use, or preservation of report information for inclusion in the
	following databases:
	(1)  the National Instant Criminal Background Check
	System; and
	(2)  a database maintained by the Texas Crime
	Information Center or the National Crime Information Center.
	Sec. 205.053.  OFFENSE. (a) A licensed firearms dealer who,
	with criminal negligence, violates Section 205.051 commits an
	offense.
	(b)  An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
	SUBCHAPTER C. FORMS
	Sec. 205.101.  FORM FOR SUBMISSION OF FIREARMS DEALER
	REPORT. (a) For purposes of the report required by Section
	205.051(b), the department shall require licensed firearms dealers
	to use a form prescribed by the department.
	(b)  The form prescribed under Subsection (a) must:
	(1)  include:
	(A)  the dates and locations of the applicable
	sales or transfers;
	(B)  the type and number of firearms or detachable
	firearm magazines sold or transferred;
	(C)  the identity and location of the licensed
	firearms dealer, including the locations where each applicable sale
	or transfer occurred; and
	(D)  the identity of the transferee; and
	(2)  require the licensed firearms dealer to submit a
	copy of the identification provided by the transferee for purposes
	of the sale or transfer.
	(c)  The department shall post on the department's publicly
	accessible Internet website:
	(1)  the form required by this section;
	(2)  an e-mail address or electronic portal that may be
	used to submit the form and related documentation; and
	(3)  instructions for submitting the form and
	documentation.
	SECTION 2.  Not later than September 1, 2025, the Department
	of Public Safety shall develop and make available the form for
	reporting multiple firearm or firearm magazine sales or transfers,
	as required by Section 205.101, Business & Commerce Code, as added
	by this Act.
	SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to the sale or transfer of a firearm or firearm magazine that occurs
	on or after the effective date of this Act. A sale or transfer of a
	firearm or firearm magazine that occurs before the effective date
	of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the
	effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for
	that purpose.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.