HB711 - Relating to the prohibition on the possession of a firearm by a person following the person's conviction of certain family violence misdemeanors.

  89R1409 MCF-D     By: Goodwin H.B. No. 711       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the prohibition on the possession of a firearm by a   person following the person's conviction of certain family violence   misdemeanors.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 46.04(b), Penal Code, is amended to read   as follows:          (b)  A person who has been convicted of an offense under   Section 22.01, punishable as a Class A misdemeanor and committed   against an individual whose relationship to or association with the   person is described by Section 71.0021(b), 71.003, or 71.005,   Family Code [ involving a member of the person's family or   household ], commits an offense if the person possesses a firearm   before the fifth anniversary of the later of:                (1)  the date of the person's release from confinement   following conviction of the misdemeanor; or                (2)  the date of the person's release from community   supervision following conviction of the 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 was   committed before that date.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.