TX HB 170

died on adjournment

Relating to civil liability arising out of justified uses of or threats to use force or deadly force.

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

Quick answers

Did TX HB 170 pass?

No. TX HB 170 died when the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-05-14): Referred to State Affairs

What is TX HB 170 about?

TX HB 170 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to civil liability arising out of justified uses of or threats to use force or deadly force.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 170?

Guillen, Bumgarner, Gerdes and 1 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 170, joined by 25 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-02-27
Latest action: 2025-05-14 — Referred to State Affairs
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2024-11-12
Filed
filing
2025-02-27
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-02-27
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
referral-committee
2025-03-19
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-19
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-03-19
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-03-19
Left pending in committee
2025-03-26
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-26
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-03-26
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-09
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-04-09
Committee report distributed
2025-04-10
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-05
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-07
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-09
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-12
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-12
Passed to engrossment
2025-05-12
Record vote
2025-05-12
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-13
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-13
Passed
passage
2025-05-13
Record vote
2025-05-13
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-13
Reported engrossed
2025-05-14
Received from the House
introduction
2025-05-14
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-05-14
Referred to State Affairs
referral-committee

Versions

IntroducedCompare
House Committee ReportCompare
EngrossedCompare
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Documents

Votes

passage
2025-05-12 · pass · 117-20
Member-level votes (153)
- Alders: yes
- Anchía: 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
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, A.: yes
- Davis, Y.: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- González, J.: yes
- González, M.: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Hinojosa: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Hull: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Jones, V.: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Manuel: yes
- Martinez: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Thompson: 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
- Allen: no
- Bowers: no
- Bryant: no
- Collier: no
- Cook: no
- Goodwin: no
- Howard: no
- Jones, J.: no
- Lopez, R.: no
- Fischer: no
- Meza: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Oliverson: no
- Reynolds: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Romero: no
- Rose: no
- Tepper: no
- Wu: no
- Zwiener: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Landgraf(C): not voting
- Morales Sha: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Flores: absent
- Schofield: absent
- Simmon: absent
- Excused: absent
- Hunter: absent
- Dutton: absent
- Geren: absent
- Gervin-Hawkins: absent
- Johnson: absent
- Leach: absent
- Turne: absent
passage
2025-05-13 · pass · 118-20
Member-level votes (153)
- Alders: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, A.: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Flores: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- González, M.: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Hinojosa: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, J.: 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
- Lowe: 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
- 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
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Romero: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Vo: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Allen: no
- Anchía: no
- Bryant: no
- Canales: no
- Collier: no
- Davis, Y.: no
- González, J.: no
- Goodwin: no
- Howard: no
- Jones, V.: no
- Meza: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Reynolds: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Rose: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Thompson: no
- Turner: no
- Wu: no
- Zwiener: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Harris(C): not voting
- Morales Sha: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Fairly: absent
- Gervin-Hawkins: absent
- Schofield: absent
- Simmon: absent
- Bhojani: absent
- Campos: absent
- Garcia: absent
- J: absent
- Manuel: absent
- Virdel: absent

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00100_HB00199/HB 170.xml

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