Bill > HB883

This bill requires licensed firearms dealers in Texas to report multiple firearm or firearm magazine sales to the Department of Public Safety (DPS) under specific conditions. The reporting requirement applies when a dealer sells two or more firearms or four or more detachable firearm magazines to the same non-dealer customer within five consecutive business days. The dealer must review their recent sales to the customer and submit a report to DPS in the prescribed form, which includes details such as sale dates, locations, number and type of firearms or magazines, dealer and transferee identities, and a copy of the transferee's identification. Upon receiving the report, DPS must transmit the information within 24 hours to the county sheriff where the sales occurred and where the transferee resides. The bill emphasizes that the reported information is confidential and cannot be used to create a firearms registry, with exceptions for specific law enforcement databases like the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. A licensed firearms dealer who negligently fails to report such sales would commit a Class B misdemeanor. The bill is set to take effect on September 1, 2025, and the DPS must develop the reporting form by that date, with the new requirements applying only to sales occurring on or after the effective date.

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