Bill Commons

TX HB 1794

withdrawn

Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns by handgun license holders on the premises of certain polling places on the day of an election or while early voting is in progress.

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

Quick answers

Did TX HB 1794 pass?

No. TX HB 1794 was withdrawn on 2025-05-19 and is no longer under consideration. Latest recorded action (2025-05-19): Referred to State Affairs

What is TX HB 1794 about?

TX HB 1794 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns by handgun license holders on the premises of certain polling places on the day of an election or while early voting is in progress.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 1794?

Tepper, Wilson are the primary sponsors of TX HB 1794, joined by 10 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-14
Latest action
2025-05-19 — Referred to State Affairs
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Tepperprimary
  • Wilsonprimary
  • Bell, Keithcosponsor
  • Hicklandcosponsor
  • Hullcosponsor
  • Isaaccosponsor
  • Leo Wilsoncosponsor
  • Noblecosponsor
  • Shofnercosponsor
  • Spillercosponsor
  • Vasutcosponsor
  • Virdellcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-03-14

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-03-14

    Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-04-14

    Considered in public hearing

  5. 2025-04-14

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  6. 2025-04-14

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  7. 2025-04-14

    Left pending in committee

  8. 2025-04-30

    Considered in public hearing

  9. 2025-04-30

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  10. 2025-04-30

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2025-05-05

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  12. 2025-05-05

    Committee report distributed

  13. 2025-05-06

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  14. 2025-05-07

    Considered in Calendars

  15. 2025-05-09

    Placed on General State Calendar

  16. 2025-05-12

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  17. 2025-05-12

    Point of order withdrawn

    withdrawal

  18. 2025-05-12

    Passed to engrossment

  19. 2025-05-12

    Record vote

  20. 2025-05-12

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  21. 2025-05-13

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  22. 2025-05-13

    Passed

    passage

  23. 2025-05-13

    Record vote

  24. 2025-05-13

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  25. 2025-05-13

    Reported engrossed

  26. 2025-05-14

    Received from the House

    introduction

  27. 2025-05-19

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  28. 2025-05-19

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-12 · pass · 87-53

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bumgarner: 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
    • Kerwin: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: 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
    • 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
    • Bowers: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Bucy: no
    • Button: no
    • Campos: no
    • Cole: no
    • Collier: no
    • Cortez: no
    • Davis, A.: no
    • Davis, Y.: no
    • Gámez: no
    • Garcia, J.: no
    • Garcia, L.: no
    • Garcia Hernandez: 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
    • Lopez, R.: no
    • Martinez: no
    • Fischer: no
    • Meza: no
    • Moody: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Morales Shaw: no
    • Muñoz: no
    • Ordaz: no
    • Perez, M.: no
    • Perez, V.: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Romero: no
    • Rose: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Talarico: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Turner: no
    • Vo: no
    • Walle: no
    • Ward Johnson: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Flores: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • King: absent
    • Schofield: absent
    • Simmon: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Ples: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-13 · pass · 83-50

    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
    • Frank: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: 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
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Schatzline: 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
    • Bowers: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Bucy: no
    • Campos: no
    • Canales: no
    • Cole: no
    • Collier: no
    • Cortez: no
    • Davis, A.: no
    • Davis, Y.: no
    • Dutton: no
    • Gámez: no
    • Garcia, J.: no
    • Garcia, L.: no
    • Garcia Hernandez: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Guerra: no
    • Hernandez: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Howard: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Jones, V.: no
    • Lalani: no
    • Lopez, R.: no
    • Fischer: no
    • Meza: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Muñoz: no
    • Ordaz: no
    • Perez, M.: no
    • Perez, V.: no
    • Plesa: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Romero: no
    • Rose: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Talarico: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Turner: no
    • Vo: no
    • Walle: no
    • Ward Johnson: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Fairly: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Schofield: absent
    • Simmon: absent
    • Dyson: absent
    • Flores: absent
    • González, J.: absent
    • Hayes: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • LaHood: absent
    • Landgraf: absent
    • Leach: absent
    • Moody: absent
    • Morales Shaw: absent
    • Manuel: absent

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01700_HB01799/HB 1794.xml

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