Amend SB 1596 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1) Strike the recital to SECTION 1 of the bill, amending Section 46.05, Penal Code (page 1, lines 23 and 24), and substitute the following:
SECTION 1. Section 46.05, Penal Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(2) In SECTION 1 of the bill, immediately following amended Section 46.05(a), Penal Code (page 1, between lines 41 and 42), insert the following:
(a-1) A person may not sell or otherwise transfer a short-barrel firearm to another person unless:
(1) the person is a licensed firearms dealer;
(2) the person sells or transfers the short-barrel firearm to a licensed firearms dealer; or
(3) before the short-barrel firearm is delivered to the person to whom the firearm is being sold or transferred, the person selling or transferring the firearm delivers the firearm to a licensed firearms dealer to retain possession of the firearm until the dealer conducts a national instant criminal background check in the manner required by 18 U.S.C. Section 922 and verifies that the person to whom the firearm is being sold or transferred may lawfully possess a firearm.
(3) Strike SECTION 2 of the bill, repealing Section 46.01(10), Penal Code (page 1, line 53).
(4) Renumber SECTIONS of the bill.