Bill Watch

Bill Watch

Stay up to date with gun legislation being considered in the Texas Legislature, posted below and updated throughout the legislative session.

Click the highlighted bill numbers to view the most up-to-date status and to read bill text.

88th Legislative Session (2023) – Last update: 03/03/23

TXGR Position

Bill Number

Author

Subject

Status

Last Action

Support HB 1894 Cain Prohibiting “Red Flag” Gun Confiscation laws in the state of Texas. Referred to Community Safety, Select 2023-03-07
Support HB 2705   Removing Short Barreled Firearms from the prohibited weapons list. Referred to Community Safety, Select 2023-03-13
Support HB 2837   Prohibiting financial institutions in Texas from surveilling, reporting, or tracking the purchase of firearms and ammunition. Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services 2023-03-14
Support HB 2953   er Removing Short Barreled Firearms from the prohibited weapons list. Referred to Community Safety, Select 2023-03-14
Support HB 4554   Expanding Constitutional Carry to areas of college campuses where licensed carry is already allowed. Referred to Community Safety, Select 2023-03-22
Support HB 5153   Second Amendment Preservation Act (SAPA), expanding the Texas Second Amendment Sanctuary law passed in 2021. Referred to State Affairs 2023-03-24
Support HB 5245   Prohibiting discrimination by financial institutions against lawful companies and businesses in the firearms and ammunition industry. Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services 2023-03-14
Support HB 4663   Codifying Firearms Policy Coal., Inc. v. McCraw, allowing 18-20year olds to apply for a license to carry. Referred to Community Safety, Select 2023-03-22
Neutral HB 3539   Creating a state-operated ammunition manufactoring facility. We would like to see this amended to allow private business to compete for state ammunition purchase orders. Pending in Community Safety, Select 2023-03-21
Oppose/Kill HB 22   Forced Gun Registration on sales of multiple firearms. Referred to Community Safety, Select 2023-02-23
Oppose/Kill HB 88   Adding a state tax to all firearms, firearms accessories, and ammunition. Referred to Ways & Means 2023-02-23
Oppose/Kill HB 106   Forced Gun Registration on sales of multiple firearms. Referred to Community Safety, Select 2023-02-23
Oppose/Kill HB 110   Forced Gun Registration on firearms sales at gun shows. Referred to Community Safety, Select 2023-02-23
Oppose/Kill HB 123   “Red Flag” Gun Confiscation allowing government agents to seize legally-owned firearms based on a mere accusation or a difference in political beliefs. Referred to Community Safety, Select 2023-02-23
Oppose/Kill HB 136   “Red Flag” Gun Confiscation allowing government agents to seize legally-owned firearms based on a mere accusation or a difference in political beliefs. Referred to Community Safety, Select 2023-02-23
Oppose/Kill HB 146   Forced Gun Registration on firearms sales at gun shows. Referred to Community Safety, Select 2023-02-23
Oppose/Kill HB 155   Universal Gun Registration, criminalizing the private sale, gift, or borrowing of a firearm without first going through the NICS gun owner registry and paying a tax. Referred to Community Safety, Select 2023-02-23
Oppose/Kill HB 179   A ban on open carry, criminalizing gun owners who don’t want to wear their handgun concealed in hot, summer months. Referred to Community Safety, Select 2023-02-23
Oppose/Kill HB 197   Banning firearms magazines that hold more than a handful of rounds. Referred to Community Safety, Select 2023-02-23
Oppose/Kill HB 216   A ban on open carry, criminalizing gun owners who don’t want to wear their handgun concealed in hot, summer months. Referred to Community Safety, Select 2023-02-23
Oppose/Kill HB 236   Universal Gun Registration, criminalizing the private sale, gift, or borrowing of a firearm without first going through the NICS gun owner registry and paying a tax. Referred to Community Safety, Select 2023-02-23
Oppose/Kill HB 244   A ban on open carry, criminalizing gun owners who don’t want to wear their handgun concealed in hot, summer months. Referred to Community Safety, Select 2023-02-23
Oppose/Kill HB 284   Forced Gun Registration on sales of multiple firearms. Referred to Community Safety, Select 2023-02-23
Oppose/Kill HB 298   Temporarily denying the right of a gun owner to purchase a firearm. Referred to Community Safety, Select 2023-02-23
Oppose/Kill HB 308   Forced Gun Registration on firearms sales at gun shows. Referred to Community Safety, Select 2023-02-23
Oppose/Kill HB 324   Forced Gun Registration on sales of multiple firearms. Referred to Community Safety, Select 2023-02-23
Oppose/Kill HB 447   Adding a state tax to all firearms, firearms accessories, and ammunition. Referred to Ways & Means 2023-02-23
Oppose/Kill HB 565   Raising the age to purchase a firearm in Texas. Referred to Community Safety, Select 2023-02-23
Oppose/Kill HB 662   Forced Gun Registration on sales of multiple firearms. Referred to Community Safety, Select 2023-02-23
Oppose/Kill HB 817   A ban on semi-automatic pistols, shotguns, and rifles. Referred to Community Safety, Select 2023-03-01
Oppose/Kill HB 877   Criminalizing the tradition of building your own firearm under the guise of a “ghost gun” ban. Referred to Higher Education 2023-03-01
Oppose/Kill HB 925   A ban on semi-automatic pistols, shotguns, and rifles. Referred to Community Safety, Select 2023-03-02
Oppose/Kill HB 1398   “Red Flag” Gun Confiscation allowing government agents to seize legally-owned firearms based on a mere accusation or a difference in political beliefs. Referred to Community Safety, Select 2023-03-03
Oppose/Kill HB 2454   Relating to procuring a firearm for person prohibited to possessing a firearm; creating a criminal offense. Reported favorably as substituted 2023-03-23
Oppose/Kill HB 2780   Expanding the NICS gun registry and discouraging 16-18 year olds from seeking mental health treatment. Left pending in committee 2023-03-21
Oppose/Kill HB 3057   “Red Flag” Gun Confiscation allowing government agents to seize legally-owned firearms based on a mere accusation or a difference in political beliefs. Referred to Community Safety, Select 2023-03-14
Oppose/Kill HB 3938   Relating to requiring certain persons prohibited by law from owning, possessing, or controlling a firearm to dispose of firearms owned, possessed, or controlled by the person. Referred to Community Safety, Select 2023-03-20
Oppose/Kill HB 3996   “Red Flag” Gun Confiscation allowing government agents to seize legally-owned firearms based on a mere accusation or a difference in political beliefs. Referred to Community Safety, Select 2023-03-20
Oppose/Kill HB 5182   Relating to the creation of a bulk ammunition database. Referred to Community Safety, Select 2023-03-24
Oppose/Kill HB 5188   Relating to the requirements for the purchase of ammunition; creating an offense. Referred to Community Safety, Select 2023-03-24
Support SB 311   Relating to exempting the intrastate manufacture of a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition from federal regulation. Referred to State Affairs 2023-02-15
Support SB 714   Relating to civil liability of a business in connection with prohibiting concealed handguns on the business premises. Referred to State Affairs 2023-03-01
Oppose/Kill SB 32   A ban on semi-automatic pistols, shotguns, and rifles. Referred to State Affairs 2023-02-15
Oppose/Kill SB 144   “Red Flag” Gun Confiscation allowing government agents to seize legally-owned firearms based on a mere accusation or a difference in political beliefs. Referred to State Affairs 2023-02-15
Oppose/Kill SB 145   Relating to raising the age limit to purchase certain weapons. Referred to State Affairs 2023-02-15
Oppose/Kill SB 170   Universal Gun Registration, criminalizing the private sale, gift, or borrowing of a firearm without first going through the NICS gun owner registry and paying a tax. Referred to State Affairs 2023-02-15
Oppose/Kill SB 172   Relating to the reporting of lost or stolen firearms and to proof of loss for personal property insurance coverage for those firearms; creating a criminal offense. Referred to State Affairs 2023-02-15
Oppose/Kill SB 205   Repealing Campus Carry, disarming college students and their family visitors and turning them into sitting ducks for an attacker Referred to State Affairs 2023-02-15
Oppose/Kill SB 253   Relating to the notice given by a property owner prohibiting certain persons from carrying certain firearms on the property. Referred to State Affairs 2023-02-15
Oppose/Kill SB 360   Forced Gun Registration on firearms sales at gun shows. Referred to State Affairs 2023-02-15
Oppose/Kill SB 370   Universal Gun Registration, criminalizing the private sale, gift, or borrowing of a firearm without first going through the NICS gun owner registry and paying a tax Referred to State Affairs 2023-02-15
Oppose/Kill SB 405   Relating to the reporting of lost or stolen firearms; creating a criminal offense. Referred to State Affairs 2023-02-15
Oppose/Kill SB 406   Relating to the imposition of a sales tax on ammunition, firearms, and firearms accessories to provide funding for the family violence program in the Health and Human Services Commission. Referred to Finance 2023-02-15
Oppose/Kill SB 529   “Red Flag” Gun Confiscation allowing government agents to seize legally-owned firearms based on a mere accusation or a difference in political beliefs. Referred to State Affairs 2023-02-17
Oppose/Kill SB 728   Expanding the NICS gun registry and discouraging 16-18 year olds from seeking mental health treatment. Received from the Senate 2023-03-13
Oppose/Kill SB 787   Implementing a 10-year mandatory minimum sentence on crimes where a gun is present, putting gun owners at risk in self-defense situations gone awry. Referred to Criminal Justice 2023-03-01
Oppose/Kill SB 1184   Expanding the NICS gun registry and discouraging 16-18 year olds from seeking mental health treatment. Referred to State Affairs 2023-03-09
Oppose/Kill SB 1274   “Red Flag” Gun Confiscation allowing government agents to seize legally-owned firearms based on a mere accusation or a difference in political beliefs. Referred to State Affairs 2023-03-09

There are dozens more anti-gun bills filed, but these are the most onerous. Please contact your legislator to tell them to oppose ALL gun control. 

Also, please sign your petition instructing your State Representative and State Senator to support HB 1894 to Ban “Red Flag” Gun Confiscation in Texas! 

Committee contact information:

House Select Committee on Community Safety 
Chair: Rep. Ryan Guillen (Republican), (512) 463-0416, Ryan.Guillen@house.texas.gov 

House Ways & Means Committee
Chair: Rep. Morgan Meyer (Republican), (512) 463-0367, Morgan.Meyer@house.texas.gov

Senate State Affairs Committee  
Chair: Sen. Bryan Hughes (Republican), (512) 463-0101, Bryan.Hughes@senate.texas.gov 

87th Legislative Session (2021) – Last update: 11/12/21

TXGR Position

Bill Number

Author

Subject

Status

TXGR Priority

1927

Schaefer

Constitutional Carry for law-abiding adults at least 21 years of age. This bill, however, does not include Constitutional Carry on lands managed by the LCRA (Lower Colorado River Authority) or college campuses.

VICTORY!

Signed into law 6/15/21

Oppose

HB 118

Ortega

Universal Gun Registration.

DEAD

Oppose

HB 127

Ortega

Bans open carry of long guns.

DEAD

Oppose

HB 164

Meza

"Red Flag" Gun Confiscation without due process.

DEAD

Oppose

HB 172

Meza

So-called "Assault Weapons" Ban.

DEAD

Oppose

HB 178

Meza

Banning possession or transfer of standard capacity magazines over 10 rounds.

DEAD

Oppose

HB 185

Meza

Mandatory firearms storage law.

DEAD

Oppose

HB 196

Meza

Gutting the Texas ‘ "Castle Doctrine" law by requiring a duty to retreat.

DEAD

Oppose

HB 201

Meza

Repealing the Texas Campus Carry law.

DEAD

Oppose

HB 208

Meza

Bans DIY gun builds with 80% lowers. So-called "ghost gun" ban.

DEAD

Oppose

HB 210

Meza

"Red Flag" Gun Confiscation without due process.

DEAD

Oppose

HB 213

Bernal

Bans open carry of long guns.

DEAD

Oppose

HB 218

Meza

Universal Gun Registration.

DEAD

Oppose

HB 227

Meza

Notifies state law enforcement of failed- NICS background checks, which notoriously produces 90% false positives.

DEAD

Oppose

HB 234

Ortega

Banning possession or transfer of standard capacity magazines over 10 rounds.

DEAD

Oppose

HB 238

Meza

Repeals state pre-emption laws, allowing liberal cities and counties to enact local level gun control.

DEAD

Oppose

HB 241

Ortega

So-called "Assault Weapons" Ban.

DEAD

Oppose

HB 245

Bernal

Gun Registration for those without a license to carry.

DEAD

Support

HB 336

Cain

Prohibiting the enforcement of "Red Flag" Gun Confiscation laws in Texas.

DEAD

Oppose

HB 395

Moody

"Red Flag" Gun Confiscation without due process.

DEAD

Oppose

HB 603

Meza

Abolishes reciprocity of handgun licenses and the right of Texas LTC holders to carry in other states.

DEAD

Oppose

HB 606

Goodwin

Universal Gun Registration.

DEAD

Oppose

HB 760

Goodwin

Gun Registration for those without a license to carry.

DEAD

Oppose

HB 791

Goodwin

Banning open carry of firearms within 500 feet of a "public demonstration."

DEAD

Oppose

SB 84

Miles

"Red Flag" Gun Confiscation without due process.

DEAD

Oppose

SB 110

West

"Red Flag" Gun Confiscation without due process.

DEAD

Oppose

SB 163

Blanco

Gun Registration for those without a license to carry.

DEAD

Oppose

SB 242

Eckhardt

Universal Gun Registration.

DEAD

Oppose

SB 283

Alvarado

"Red Flag" Gun Confiscation without due process.

DEAD

Oppose

SB 311

Eckhardt

Banning open cary of firearms within 500 feet of a "public demonstration."

DEAD

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