TX SB 890
enactedRelating to the issuance of a license to carry a handgun to certain active and retired judicial officers.
Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · upper
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Quick answers
Did TX SB 890 pass?
Yes. TX SB 890 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25
What is TX SB 890 about?
TX SB 890 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the issuance of a license to carry a handgun to certain active and retired judicial officers.”.
Who sponsors TX SB 890?
Paxton, Hefner are the primary sponsors of TX SB 890, joined by 1 cosponsor.
- Introduced
- 2025-01-24
- Latest action
- 2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Paxtonprimary
- Hefnerprimary
- Hallcosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25
became-law
2025-06-20
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2025-05-27
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-05-26
Signed in the House
passage
2025-05-26
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-05-23
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-05-23
House passage reported
passage
2025-05-23
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-23
Record vote
2025-05-23
Passed
passage
2025-05-23
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-22
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-22
Record vote
2025-05-22
Passed to 3rd reading
2025-05-22
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-21
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-19
Considered in Calendars
2025-04-29
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-04-28
Committee report distributed
2025-04-28
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-04-24
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-24
Considered in formal meeting
2025-04-09
Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
referral-committee
2025-04-09
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-03-13
Received from the Senate
introduction
2025-03-12
Reported engrossed
2025-03-12
Record vote
2025-03-12
Passed
passage
2025-03-12
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-03-12
Record vote
2025-03-12
Three day rule suspended
2025-03-12
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-03-12
Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
reading-2
2025-03-12
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-03-12
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-03-12
Rules suspended-Constitutional 60-Day
2025-03-11
Placed on intent calendar
2025-03-11
Co-author authorized
2025-03-05
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-03-05
Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
2025-03-05
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-03
Vote taken in committee
2025-03-03
Considered in public hearing
2025-02-24
Left pending in committee
2025-02-24
Testimony taken in committee
2025-02-24
Considered in public hearing
2025-02-24
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-02-13
Referred to State Affairs
referral-committee
2025-02-13
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-01-24
Filed
filing
2025-01-24
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
filing,introduction
Versions
Documents
Votes
Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 890 be placed on its third reading and final passage.
2025-03-12 · pass · 28-3
Member-level votes (31)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Gutierrez: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Menéndez: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Miles: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- West: yes
- Zaffirini: yes
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Johnson: no
passage
2025-05-22 · pass · 100-35
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
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Guerra: 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
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, V.: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: 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, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Romero: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Vo: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Allen: no
- Anchía: no
- Bernal: no
- Bhojani: no
- Bryant: no
- Bucy: no
- Campos: no
- Cole: no
- Collier: no
- Davis, A.: no
- Davis, Y.: no
- Dutton: no
- Flores: no
- Garcia, J.: no
- Garcia, L.: no
- Garcia Hernandez: no
- González, J.: no
- González, M.: no
- Goodwin: no
- Hernandez: no
- Hinojosa: no
- Howard: no
- Jones, J.: no
- Lalani: no
- Manuel: no
- Meza: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Perez, M.: no
- Plesa: no
- Reynolds: no
- Rose: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Simmons: no
- Turner: no
- Walle: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Harris(C: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Gervin-Hawkins: absent
- LaHoo: absent
- Cook: absent
- Little: absent
- Louderback: absent
- Money: absent
- Rodríguez Ramos: absent
- Smithee: absent
- Virdell: absent
- Bowers: absent
- Morales Shaw: absent
- Pierson: absent
- W: absent
passage
2025-05-23 · pass · 105-33
Member-level votes (154)
- Alders: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: 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
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Gervin-Hawkins: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: 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
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Manuel: 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
- Perez, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Romero: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Allen: no
- Anchía: no
- Bernal: no
- Bowers: no
- Bucy: no
- Collier: no
- Davis, A.: no
- Davis, Y.: no
- Flores: no
- Garcia, L.: no
- Garcia Hernandez: no
- González, J.: no
- González, M.: no
- Goodwin: no
- Hinojosa: no
- Howard: no
- Jones, J.: no
- Jones, V.: no
- Lalani: no
- Martinez: no
- Meza: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Morales Shaw: no
- Perez, M.: no
- Reynolds: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Rose: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Talarico: no
- Vo: no
- Walle: no
- Ward Johnson: no
- Zwiener: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Vasut(C: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Bryant: absent
- Campos: absent
- Garcia: absent
- J: absent
- Harris: absent
- Paul: absent
- Smithe: absent
- Cole: absent
- Johnson: absent
- Lopez: absent
- R: absent
- Martinez Fische: absent
Related bills
- Companion bill: HB 3789
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