SB872 • 2025

Relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a vehicle involving theft of a firearm; increasing a criminal penalty.

Firearms

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Birdwell
Last action: 2025-05-26
Official status: 05/26/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Effective date: Not listed

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Relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a vehicle involving theft of a firearm; increasing a criminal penalty.

What This Bill Does

Relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a vehicle involving theft of a firearm; increasing a criminal penalty.

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Bill History

2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-24 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report distributed
2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in formal meeting
2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online
Left pending in committee
2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online
Read first time
2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online
Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online
Received from the Senate
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Co-author authorized
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Three day rule suspended
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Record vote
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Read 3rd time
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Passed
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Record vote
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Reported engrossed
2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online
Placed on intent calendar
2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online
Reported favorably w/o amendments
2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online
Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online
Vote taken in committee
2025-03-05 Texas Legislature Online
Co-author authorized
2025-02-13 Texas Legislature Online
Read first time
2025-02-13 Texas Legislature Online
Referred to Criminal Justice
2025-01-22 Texas Legislature Online
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
2025-01-22 Texas Legislature Online
Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a vehicle involving theft of a firearm; increasing a criminal penalty.

Current Bill Text

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89(R) SB 872 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

By: Birdwell, et al.

S.B. No. 872

(Cook)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a vehicle

involving theft of a firearm; increasing a criminal penalty.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Sections 30.04(b) and (d), Penal Code, are

amended to read as follows:

(b) For purposes of this section
:

(1) "Enter"
[
, "enter"
] means to intrude:

(A)
[
(1)
] any part of the body; or

(B)
[
(2)
] any physical object connected with the

body.

(2)

"Firearm" has the meaning assigned by Section

46.01.

(d) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor,

except that:

(1) the offense is a Class A misdemeanor with a minimum

term of confinement of six months if it is shown on the trial of the

offense that the defendant has been previously convicted of an

offense under this section;

(2) the offense is a state jail felony if:

(A) it is shown on the trial of the offense that

the defendant has been previously convicted two or more times of an

offense under this section; or

(B) the vehicle or part of the vehicle broken

into or entered is a rail car; and

(3) the offense is a felony of the third degree if:

(A) the vehicle broken into or entered is owned

or operated by a wholesale distributor of prescription drugs and

the actor breaks into or enters that vehicle with the intent to

commit theft of a controlled substance; [
or
]

(B) it is shown on the trial of the offense that

the actor committed the offense in the course of committing an

offense under Section 20.05(a)(2)
; or

(C)

the actor committed theft of a firearm during

the commission of the offense
.

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.