Texas Senate passes first bill this session, a bipartisan effort to close teen gun loophole

A patron holds a handgun at the SAXET Gun Show at the Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds in Robstown on Feb. 26, 2023. (Credit: Blaine Young for The Texas Tribune)

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The Texas Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would close a loophole in state law that had allowed gun sales to people who were involuntarily hospitalized for mental illness between the ages of 16 and 18. It was the first bill passed by the Senate this year.