HB 883 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

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.

HB 883 requires licensed firearms dealers in Texas to report specific multiple firearm or magazine sales to law enforcement. Dealers must report when selling two or more firearms or four or more detachable magazines (excluding those sold in original packaging with a firearm) to the same person within five consecutive business days. The report must be submitted to the Texas Department of Public Safety in a prescribed format, and the information is confidential but may be shared with background check systems like the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. This law creates a new reporting requirement for dealers under these defined circumstances, with no use of the data for firearm owner registries.
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Introduced Mar 6, 2025 Last action Mar 6, 2025
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