89th Legislature Regular Session

HB 214

Principle Criteria
Free Enterprise
Property Rights
Personal Responsibility
Limited Government
Individual Liberty
Digest
HB 214 amends the Texas Penal Code to expand the criminal offenses of firearm and ammunition smuggling and terrorism. The bill revises Section 46.14, Penal Code, to make it an offense to knowingly engage in the business of transporting or transferring firearms or ammunition acquired in violation of state or federal laws. It also expands the definition of terrorism to include additional violent or coercive offenses committed with the intent to intimidate or coerce the public or influence governmental policies. HB 214 also classifies offenses such as conspiracy to commit acts of violence or intimidation under these expanded terrorism provisions.
Author
Ryan Guillen