TX HB 658

withdrawn

Relating to the carrying of weapons by community supervision and corrections department officers, juvenile probation officers, and certain retired law enforcement officers and to criminal liability for taking a weapon from certain of those officers.

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

Quick answers

Did TX HB 658 pass?

No. TX HB 658 was withdrawn on 2025-05-05 and is no longer under consideration. Latest recorded action (2025-05-05): Referred to Criminal Justice

What is TX HB 658 about?

TX HB 658 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the carrying of weapons by community supervision and corrections department officers, juvenile probation officers, and certain retired law enforcement officers and to criminal liability for taking a weapon from certain of those officers.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 658?

Tepper is the primary sponsor of TX HB 658.

Introduced: 2025-03-04
Latest action: 2025-05-05 — Referred to Criminal Justice
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2024-11-12
Filed
filing
2025-03-04
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-03-04
Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
referral-committee
2025-03-12
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-12
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-03-12
Left pending in committee
2025-03-19
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-19
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-24
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-03-24
Committee report distributed
2025-03-24
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-04-09
Considered in Calendars
2025-04-22
Considered in Calendars
2025-04-24
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-04-24
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-04-24
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-04-24
Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
withdrawal
2025-04-24
Amendment fails of adoption
amendment-failure
2025-04-24
Record vote
2025-04-24
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-24
Passed to engrossment
2025-04-24
Record vote
2025-04-24
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-25
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-04-25
Postponed
2025-04-28
Laid out as postponed business
2025-04-28
Passed
passage
2025-04-28
Record vote
2025-04-28
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-28
Reported engrossed
2025-04-28
Received from the House
introduction
2025-05-05
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-05-05
Referred to Criminal Justice
referral-committee

Versions

IntroducedCompare
House Committee ReportCompare
EngrossedCompare
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Documents

Votes

passage
2025-04-24 · pass · 133-13
Member-level votes (153)
- Alders: yes
- Allen: yes
- Anchía: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Campos: yes
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, A.: yes
- Davis, Y.: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Gervin-Hawkins: yes
- González, M.: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, J.: 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
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Manuel: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morales Shaw: 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
- Rose: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Bryant: no
- Flores: no
- Garcia, L.: no
- Garcia Hernandez: no
- Goodwin: no
- Guerra: no
- Hinojosa: no
- Meza: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Reynolds: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Swanson: no
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Absent: absent
- Simmons: absent
- V: absent
- González: absent
- J: absent
passage
2025-04-28 · pass · 124-19
Member-level votes (155)
- 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
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Jones, J.: yes
- Jones, V.: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: 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
- Manuel: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: 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
- Anchía: no
- Bryant: no
- Davis, Y.: no
- Flores: no
- Garcia, L.: no
- Garcia Hernandez: no
- González, J.: no
- Goodwin: no
- Hinojosa: no
- Lalani: no
- Meza: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Perez, M.: no
- Reynolds: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Turner: no
- Wu: no
- Zwiener: no
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Absent: absent
- Davis: absent
- A: absent
- Oliverso: absent
- Excused: absent
- González: absent
- M: absent
- Bowers: absent
- Gervin-Hawkins: absent
- Johnso: absent

Related bills

Companion bill: SB 298

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00600_HB00699/HB 658.xml

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