By: Martinez Fischer H.B. No. 2393       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of the   possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of certain   devices intended to modify handguns.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 46.05(a), Penal Code, is amended to read   as follows:          (a)  A person commits an offense if the person intentionally   or knowingly possesses, manufactures, transports, repairs, or   sells:                (1)  any of the following items, unless the item is   registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer   Record maintained by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and   Explosives or otherwise not subject to that registration   requirement or unless the item is classified as a curio or relic by   the United States Department of Justice:                      (A)  an explosive weapon;                      (B)  a machine gun; [or]                      (C)  a short-barrel firearm; or                      (D)  a device designed and intended to make a   handgun capable of automatically shooting more than one shot,   without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger;                (2)  armor-piercing ammunition;                (3)  a chemical dispensing device;                (4)  a zip gun;                (5)  a tire deflation device; or                (6)  an improvised explosive device.          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.