TX SB 1596
enactedRelating to the prohibition of short-barrel firearms.
Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · upper
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Did TX SB 1596 pass?
Yes. TX SB 1596 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25
What is TX SB 1596 about?
TX SB 1596 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the prohibition of short-barrel firearms.”.
Who sponsors TX SB 1596?
Hagenbuch, Hayes, Bumgarner and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 1596, joined by 33 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-24
- Latest action
- 2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Hagenbuchprimary
- Hayesprimary
- Bumgarnerprimary
- Virdellprimary
- Piersonprimary
- Metcalfprimary
- Ashbycosponsor
- Bell, Keithcosponsor
- Cunninghamcosponsor
- Currycosponsor
- DeAyalacosponsor
- Doraziocosponsor
- Gerdescosponsor
- Harriscosponsor
- Harrisoncosponsor
- Hicklandcosponsor
- Holtcosponsor
- Hoppercosponsor
- Isaaccosponsor
- Kerwincosponsor
- Kitzmancosponsor
- Leo Wilsoncosponsor
- Louderbackcosponsor
- Lujancosponsor
- Luthercosponsor
- McLaughlincosponsor
- Moneycosponsor
- Noblecosponsor
- Olcottcosponsor
- Paulcosponsor
- Richardsoncosponsor
- Schatzlinecosponsor
- Schoolcraftcosponsor
- Slawsoncosponsor
- Spillercosponsor
- Swansoncosponsor
- Teppercosponsor
- Tothcosponsor
- Vasutcosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25
became-law
2025-06-20
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2025-06-01
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-06-01
Signed in the House
passage
2025-05-30
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-05-28
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-05-28
House passage reported
passage
2025-05-28
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-28
Record vote
2025-05-28
Passed
passage
2025-05-28
Laid out as postponed business
2025-05-28
Additional sponsor(s) authorized
2025-05-28
Rules suspended
2025-05-27
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-27
Record vote
2025-05-27
Postponed
2025-05-27
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-27
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-27
Record vote
2025-05-27
Passed to 3rd reading
2025-05-27
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-27
Record vote
2025-05-27
Amendment tabled
deferral
2025-05-27
Point of order withdrawn
withdrawal
2025-05-27
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-24
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-22
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-08
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-07
Committee report distributed
2025-05-07
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-04-30
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-30
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-22
Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
referral-committee
2025-04-22
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-04-17
Received from the Senate
introduction
2025-04-16
Reported engrossed
2025-04-16
Record vote
2025-04-16
Passed
passage
2025-04-16
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-04-16
Record vote
2025-04-16
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-04-14
Record vote
2025-04-14
Passed to engrossment
2025-04-14
Record vote
2025-04-14
Amendment fails of adoption
amendment-failure
2025-04-14
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-04-14
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-04-14
Record vote
2025-04-14
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-03-25
Placed on intent calendar
2025-03-24
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-03-24
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-20
Vote taken in committee
2025-03-20
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-13
Left pending in committee
2025-03-13
Testimony taken in committee
2025-03-13
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-13
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-03-10
Referred to State Affairs
referral-committee
2025-03-10
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-02-24
Filed
filing
2025-02-24
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
filing,introduction
Versions
Documents
Votes
other
2025-04-14 · fail · 10-21
Member-level votes (31)
- Alvarado: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Cook: yes
- Eckhardt: yes
- Gutierrez: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Menéndez: yes
- Miles: yes
- West: yes
- Zaffirini: yes
- Bettencourt: no
- Birdwell: no
- Campbell: no
- Creighton: no
- Flores: no
- Hagenbuch: no
- Hall: no
- Hancock: no
- A. Hinojosa: no
- J. Hinojosa: no
- Huffman: no
- Hughes: no
- King: no
- Kolkhorst: no
- Middleton: no
- Nichols: no
- Parker: no
- Paxton: no
- Perry: no
- Schwertner: no
- Sparks: no
passage
2025-04-14 · pass · 21-10
Member-level votes (31)
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- Alvarado: no
- Blanco: no
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Gutierrez: no
- Johnson: no
- Menéndez: no
- Miles: no
- West: no
- Zaffirini: no
passage
2025-04-16 · pass · 21-10
Member-level votes (31)
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- Alvarado: no
- Blanco: no
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Gutierrez: no
- Johnson: no
- Menéndez: no
- Miles: no
- West: no
- Zaffirini: no
passage
2025-05-26 · pass · 88-54
Member-level votes (153)
- Alders: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cook: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris(C): yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Allen: no
- Anchía: no
- Bernal: no
- Bhojani: no
- Bryant: no
- Bucy: no
- Campos: no
- Canales: no
- Cole: no
- Collier: no
- Cortez: no
- Davis, A.: no
- Davis, Y.: no
- Dutton: no
- Flores: no
- Gámez: no
- Garcia, J.: no
- Garcia, L.: no
- Garcia Hernandez: no
- Gervin-Hawkins: no
- González, J.: no
- González, M.: no
- Goodwin: no
- Guerra: no
- Hernandez: no
- Hinojosa: no
- Howard: no
- Johnson: no
- Jones, J.: no
- Jones, V.: no
- Lalani: no
- Longoria: no
- Manuel: no
- Martinez: no
- Meza: no
- Moody: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Morales Shaw: no
- Muñoz: no
- Ordaz: no
- Perez, M.: no
- Perez, V.: no
- Plesa: no
- Reynolds: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Rose: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Talarico: no
- Turner: no
- Vo: no
- Walle: no
- Ward Johnson: no
- Wu: no
- Zwiener: no
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Bowers: absent
- Gates: absent
- Lopez: absent
- R: absent
- Martinez Fischer: absent
- Romero: absent
- Simmons: absent
- Thompso: absent
passage
2025-05-27 · pass · 109-26
Member-level votes (152)
- Alders: yes
- Allen: yes
- Anchía: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Cook: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Flores: yes
- Frank: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Hinojosa: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Walle: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Bryant: no
- Collier: no
- Davis, A.: no
- Davis, Y.: no
- Garcia, J.: no
- Garcia, L.: no
- González, J.: no
- González, M.: no
- Goodwin: no
- Guerra: no
- Guillen: no
- Howard: no
- Johnson: no
- Jones, J.: no
- Jones, V.: no
- Lowe: no
- Meza: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Morales Shaw: no
- Muñoz: no
- Reynolds: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Rose: no
- Simmons: no
- Ward Johnson: no
- Wu: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Vasut(C: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Bowers: absent
- Canales: absent
- V: absent
- Bell, C.: absent
- Campos: absent
- Cortez: absent
- Dutton: absent
- Gámez: absent
- Gervin-Hawkins: absent
- Hernandez: absent
- Manuel: absent
- Plesa: absent
- Wilson: absent
passage
2025-05-28 · pass · 87-52
Member-level votes (152)
- Alders: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cook: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Martinez: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Bernal: no
- Bhojani: no
- Bowers: no
- Bryant: no
- Bucy: no
- Campos: no
- Canales: no
- Cole: no
- Collier: no
- Cortez: no
- Davis, A.: no
- Davis, Y.: no
- Dutton: no
- Flores: no
- Gámez: no
- Garcia, J.: no
- Garcia, L.: no
- Garcia Hernandez: no
- Gervin-Hawkins: no
- González, J.: no
- González, M.: no
- Goodwin: no
- Hernandez: no
- Howard: no
- Johnson: no
- Jones, J.: no
- Jones, V.: no
- Lalani: no
- Lopez, R.: no
- Manuel: no
- Fischer: no
- Meza: no
- Moody: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Morales Shaw: no
- Muñoz: no
- Ordaz: no
- Perez, V.: no
- Plesa: no
- Reynolds: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Romero: no
- Rose: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Simmons: no
- Thompson: no
- Turner: no
- Vo: no
- Walle: no
- Ward Johnson: no
- Wu: no
- Zwiener: no
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Allen: absent
- Anchía: absent
- Guerra: absent
- Harris: absent
- Hinojosa: absent
- Kerwin: absent
- Longoria: absent
- Talarico: absent
- Orr: absent
- Perez: absent
- M: absent
Related bills
- Companion bill: HB 259
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