Bill Commons

TX SB 870

enacted

Relating to the open carrying of a handgun by a uniformed school marshal.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · upper

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 870 pass?

Yes. TX SB 870 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-05-19): Effective immediately

What is TX SB 870 about?

TX SB 870 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the open carrying of a handgun by a uniformed school marshal.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 870?

Birdwell, Slawson are the primary sponsors of TX SB 870, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-01-22
Latest action
2025-05-19 — Effective immediately
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Birdwellprimary
  • Slawsonprimary
  • Creightoncosponsor
  • Hallcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-19

    Effective immediately

    became-law

  2. 2025-05-19

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-05-07

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-05-07

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-05-07

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-05-06

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-06

    House passage reported

    passage

  8. 2025-05-06

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  9. 2025-05-06

    Record vote

  10. 2025-05-06

    Passed

    passage

  11. 2025-05-06

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  12. 2025-05-05

    Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal

  13. 2025-05-05

    Passed to 3rd reading

  14. 2025-05-05

    Point of order withdrawn

    withdrawal

  15. 2025-05-05

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  16. 2025-05-05

    Laid out in lieu of companion

  17. 2025-05-02

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  18. 2025-05-02

    Committee report distributed

  19. 2025-05-02

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  20. 2025-04-30

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  21. 2025-04-30

    Considered in public hearing

  22. 2025-04-28

    Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

    referral-committee

  23. 2025-04-28

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  24. 2025-04-25

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  25. 2025-04-24

    Reported engrossed

  26. 2025-04-24

    Record vote

  27. 2025-04-24

    Passed

    passage

  28. 2025-04-24

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  29. 2025-04-24

    Record vote

  30. 2025-04-24

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  31. 2025-04-23

    Record vote

  32. 2025-04-23

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  33. 2025-04-23

    Record vote

  34. 2025-04-23

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  35. 2025-04-23

    Co-author authorized

  36. 2025-04-14

    Placed on intent calendar

  37. 2025-04-09

    Co-author authorized

  38. 2025-04-07

    Committee report printed and distributed

  39. 2025-04-07

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  40. 2025-04-01

    Vote taken in committee

  41. 2025-04-01

    Considered in public hearing

  42. 2025-03-25

    Left pending in committee

  43. 2025-03-25

    Testimony taken in committee

  44. 2025-03-25

    Considered in public hearing

  45. 2025-03-25

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  46. 2025-02-13

    Referred to Education K-16

    referral-committee

  47. 2025-02-13

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  48. 2025-01-22

    Filed

    filing

  49. 2025-01-22

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-23 · pass · 23-8

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: 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
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Alvarado: no
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Gutierrez: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Menéndez: no
    • Miles: no
    • West: no

  • passage

    2025-04-24 · pass · 23-8

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: 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
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Alvarado: no
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Gutierrez: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Menéndez: no
    • Miles: no
    • West: no

  • passage

    2025-05-06 · pass · 110-35

    Member-level votes (151)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Jones, V.: 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
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: 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
    • 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
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Anchía: no
    • Bowers: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Canales: no
    • Cole: no
    • Collier: no
    • Davis, A.: no
    • Flores: no
    • Gámez: no
    • Garcia Hernandez: no
    • Gervin-Hawkins: no
    • González, J.: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Howard: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Lopez, R.: no
    • Manuel: no
    • Meza: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Plesa: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Romero: no
    • Rose: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Simmons: no
    • Talarico: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Turner: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Hayes: absent
    • Louderback: absent
    • Moody: absent
    • Morales Sha: absent

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 870.xml

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