TX SB 870

• Education--Primary & Secondary--Other School Personnel (I0246)
• Law Enforcement (I0510)
• Weapons (I0887)

• Birdwellprimary
• Slawsonprimary
• Creightoncosponsor
• Hallcosponsor

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1. 2025-01-22

   Received by the Secretary of the Senate

   filing,introduction

2. 2025-01-22

   Filed

   filing

3. 2025-02-13

   Read first time

   introduction,reading-1

4. 2025-02-13

   Referred to Education K-16

   referral-committee

5. 2025-03-25

   Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

6. 2025-03-25

   Considered in public hearing

7. 2025-03-25

   Testimony taken in committee

8. 2025-03-25

   Left pending in committee

9. 2025-04-01

   Considered in public hearing

10. 2025-04-01

    Vote taken in committee

11. 2025-04-07

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

12. 2025-04-07

    Committee report printed and distributed

13. 2025-04-09

    Co-author authorized

14. 2025-04-14

    Placed on intent calendar

15. 2025-04-23

    Co-author authorized

16. 2025-04-23

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

17. 2025-04-23

    Record vote

18. 2025-04-23

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

19. 2025-04-23

    Record vote

20. 2025-04-24

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

21. 2025-04-24

    Record vote

22. 2025-04-24

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

23. 2025-04-24

    Passed

    passage

24. 2025-04-24

    Record vote

25. 2025-04-24

    Reported engrossed

26. 2025-04-25

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

27. 2025-04-28

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

28. 2025-04-28

    Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

    referral-committee

29. 2025-04-30

    Considered in public hearing

30. 2025-04-30

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

31. 2025-05-02

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

32. 2025-05-02

    Committee report distributed

33. 2025-05-02

    Committee report sent to Calendars

34. 2025-05-05

    Laid out in lieu of companion

35. 2025-05-05

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

36. 2025-05-05

    Point of order withdrawn

    withdrawal

37. 2025-05-05

    Passed to 3rd reading

38. 2025-05-05

    Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal

39. 2025-05-06

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

40. 2025-05-06

    Passed

    passage

41. 2025-05-06

    Record vote

42. 2025-05-06

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

43. 2025-05-06

    House passage reported

    passage

44. 2025-05-06

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

45. 2025-05-07

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

46. 2025-05-07

    Signed in the House

    passage

47. 2025-05-07

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

48. 2025-05-19

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

49. 2025-05-19

    Effective immediately

    became-law

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• 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

• Companion bill: HB 3924
• Companion bill: HB 5054

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