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Status:
Rep Bernal (District 123) filed HB 1105 on November 12, 2026. The proposal requires an FFL to report certain sales or transfers of multiple rifles to law enforcement. HB 1105 creates a criminal offense for a dealer who fails to do so. It has not been referred to committee. It is not law. If passed, it would take effect September 1, 2027, and applies only to a rifle sale or transfer that occurs on or after that date.
Read the official history and introduced text on Texas Legislature Online:
capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx
The reporting rule:
The bill would add Chapter 205, “Reports of Certain Multiple Transfers of Rifles,” to Title 6 of the Business & Commerce Code. A licensed firearms dealer (a person licensed as a firearms dealer under 18 U.S.C. § 923) would have to report a sale or transfer of two or more rifles made to the same transferee (other than a licensed firearms dealer) on a single occasion or on more than one occasion during five consecutive business days. Handguns, shotguns, or magazines are outside the bill’s scope.
The dealer would report, in the form and manner prescribed by the Department of Public Safety, to DPS. If any of the sales or transfers occurred in a municipality, the dealer would also report to the police department of each such municipality. If any occurred outside a municipality, the dealer would also report to the sheriff of that county.
“Rifle” takes the meaning assigned by 18 U.S.C. § 921 and includes a semiautomatic rifle as defined there. The filed text does not limit the reports to semiautomatic rifles, rifles that accept a detachable magazine, or calibers larger than .22. It does not say when the report is due or what information the form must contain. DPS is given until September 1, 2027 or the same day the Act would take effect to develop the form.
The penalty is on the dealer:
A licensed firearms dealer who violates the reporting duty would commit a Class A misdemeanor. Under current Penal Code § 12.21, that is a fine not to exceed $4,000, confinement in jail for a term not to exceed one year, or both. The bill creates no offense for the buyer or other transferee. A sale or transfer to another licensed firearms dealer is outside the reporting trigger. The duty is not placed on a private person who is not a licensed dealer.
Private unlicensed transfers between individuals who are not licensed dealers are outside the duty as written.
What the filed text does not do:
- It does not ban, cap, or delay rifle sales or transfers
- It does not create a buyer or transferee offense
- It does not amend License to Carry law or address permitless carry
- It has only been filed. It is not law.
What the text leaves unsaid:
The introduced text contains no language that creates a database or a registry. It also says nothing about how long reports are kept, who may access them, or whether they may be compiled. HB 659, a similar dealer-reporting bill filed earlier, includes confidentiality and anti-registry language. HB 1105 does not. That is a difference between the two drafts as filed.
HB 659 history: capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx
Check the file. Don’t test the door.
References:
- HB 1105 history: capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx
- HB 1105 introduced text: capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/90R/billtext/html/HB01105I.htm
⚠️Bill text and status can change after filing. Check the current version on capitol.texas.gov before you rely on this summary. This is informational and not legal advice. Advanced Triggernometry is a training business in Fort Bend County. It does not sell, transfer, or broker firearms and is not a federal firearms licensee. ⚠️
