Texas SB1668 amends the state's Penal Code to criminalize the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of specific devices and items.

Texas SB1668 amends the state's Penal Code to establish criminal offenses for the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of certain items. These include explosive weapons, machine guns, short-barrel firearms, devices designed to modify handguns to shoot more than two shots without reloading, armor-piercing ammunition, chemical dispensing devices, zip guns, tire deflation devices, and improvised explosive devices. The law applies to offenses committed on or after its effective date of September 1, 2025, while offenses committed before this date remain governed by existing laws.

Texas SB1668 amends the state's Penal Code to criminalize the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of specific devices and items.

Texas SB1668 amends the state's Penal Code to establish criminal offenses for the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of certain items. These include explosive weapons, machine guns, short-barrel firearms, devices designed to modify handguns to shoot more than two shots without reloading, armor-piercing ammunition, chemical dispensing devices, zip guns, tire deflation devices, and improvised explosive devices. The law applies to offenses committed on or after its effective date of September 1, 2025, while offenses committed before this date remain governed by existing laws.