Our legislature passed a bill last year to exempt suppressors made and kept in Texas from the Fed laws that govern such. Working its way through courts now.
At issue is House Bill (HB) 957, a Texas law recently passed by Representative Tom Oliverson (R-Cypress) exempting firearms silencers or suppressors from federal regulations if they are manufactured, marked, and kept in the State of Texas.
A lawsuit by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton seeking to exempt Texas-made suppressors from federal regulations will move forward, after federal Judge Mark Pittman on Monday ruled against a motion to dismiss the case.
https://thetexan.news/federal-judge-allows-lawsuit-to-exempt-texas-made-suppressors-from-federal-law-to-move-forward/