HB3436 - Relating to the definition of a child for purposes of the offense of making a firearm accessible to a child.

  89R14265 CJD-D     By: Martinez Fischer H.B. No. 3436       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the definition of a child for purposes of the offense of   making a firearm accessible to a child.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 46.13(a)(1), Penal Code, is amended to   read as follows:                (1)  "Child" means a person younger than 18 [ 17 ] years   of age.          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 occurred   before that date.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.