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
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TXGR Position |
Bill Number |
Author |
Subject |
Status |
Last Action |
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| 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
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TXGR Position |
Bill Number |
Author |
Subject |
Status |
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TXGR Priority |
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 |
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Oppose |
Ortega |
Universal Gun Registration. |
DEAD |
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Oppose |
Ortega |
Bans open carry of long guns. |
DEAD |
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Oppose |
Meza |
"Red Flag" Gun Confiscation without due process. |
DEAD |
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Oppose |
Meza |
So-called "Assault Weapons" Ban. |
DEAD |
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Oppose |
Meza |
Banning possession or transfer of standard capacity magazines over 10 rounds. |
DEAD |
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Oppose |
Meza |
Mandatory firearms storage law. |
DEAD |
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Oppose |
Meza |
Gutting the Texas ‘ "Castle Doctrine" law by requiring a duty to retreat. |
DEAD |
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Oppose |
Meza |
Repealing the Texas Campus Carry law. |
DEAD |
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Oppose |
Meza |
Bans DIY gun builds with 80% lowers. So-called "ghost gun" ban. |
DEAD |
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Oppose |
Meza |
"Red Flag" Gun Confiscation without due process. |
DEAD |
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Oppose |
Bernal |
Bans open carry of long guns. |
DEAD |
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Oppose |
Meza |
Universal Gun Registration. |
DEAD |
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Oppose |
Meza |
Notifies state law enforcement of failed- NICS background checks, which notoriously produces 90% false positives. |
DEAD |
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Oppose |
Ortega |
Banning possession or transfer of standard capacity magazines over 10 rounds. |
DEAD |
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Oppose |
Meza |
Repeals state pre-emption laws, allowing liberal cities and counties to enact local level gun control. |
DEAD |
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Oppose |
Ortega |
So-called "Assault Weapons" Ban. |
DEAD |
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Oppose |
Bernal |
Gun Registration for those without a license to carry. |
DEAD |
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Support |
Cain |
Prohibiting the enforcement of "Red Flag" Gun Confiscation laws in Texas. |
DEAD |
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Oppose |
Moody |
"Red Flag" Gun Confiscation without due process. |
DEAD |
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Oppose |
Meza |
Abolishes reciprocity of handgun licenses and the right of Texas LTC holders to carry in other states. |
DEAD |
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Oppose |
Goodwin |
Universal Gun Registration. |
DEAD |
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Oppose |
Goodwin |
Gun Registration for those without a license to carry. |
DEAD |
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Oppose |
Goodwin |
Banning open carry of firearms within 500 feet of a "public demonstration." |
DEAD |
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Oppose |
Miles |
"Red Flag" Gun Confiscation without due process. |
DEAD |
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Oppose |
West |
"Red Flag" Gun Confiscation without due process. |
DEAD |
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Oppose |
Blanco |
Gun Registration for those without a license to carry. |
DEAD |
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Oppose |
Eckhardt |
Universal Gun Registration. |
DEAD |
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Oppose |
Alvarado |
"Red Flag" Gun Confiscation without due process. |
DEAD |
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Oppose |
Eckhardt |
Banning open cary of firearms within 500 feet of a "public demonstration." |
DEAD |
