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This bill amends the Texas Penal Code to expand criminal offenses related to the unlawful acquisition and transfer of weapons. Specifically, the bill adds a new provision making it a criminal offense to acquire a firearm with the intent to deliver it to a person who is legally prohibited from possessing a firearm under state or federal law. The bill modifies existing law to include this new offense, which would be classified as a state jail felony. The changes apply to offenses committed on or after the bill's effective date of September 1, 2025. The existing law already prohibits various weapon-related offenses, such as selling firearms to minors, selling to intoxicated individuals, selling to people with recent felony convictions, or selling to someone with an active protective order. The new provision further strengthens restrictions on firearm transfers by criminalizing the intentional acquisition of a firearm for the purpose of giving it to someone who cannot legally possess a weapon, thereby aiming to prevent indirect methods of circumventing existing firearm possession restrictions.

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