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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of trespass by certain persons carrying handguns."
+description: "Relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of trespass by certain persons carrying handguns."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 121"
+citation: "Texas HB 121 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Weapons (I0887)", "TRESPASS (S0549)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Hunter", "Oliverson", "Pacheco", "Raymond", "Swanson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 50
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-11-12"
+last_action: "2019-05-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d42b35e-9d02-4728-808a-c59342bf2cb4"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00100_HB00199/HB 121.xml"
+source_hash: "fac97caa37fd9e4fd0641b29d32fbf84c8e16de5d3aefb61762c460ac831382e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas HB 121 (86) — Relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of trespass by certain persons carrying handguns.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB00121I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **119–25** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **25–6** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Creighton — primary (person)
+- Hunter — primary (person)
+- Oliverson — primary (person)
+- Pacheco — primary (person)
+- Raymond — primary (person)
+- Swanson — primary (person)
+- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
+- Bonnen, Greg — cosponsor (person)
+- Cain — cosponsor (person)
+- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
+- Flynn — cosponsor (person)
+- Hall — cosponsor (person)
+- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
+- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Lang — cosponsor (person)
+- Leman — cosponsor (person)
+- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Noble — cosponsor (person)
+- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul — cosponsor (person)
+- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
+- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
+- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
+- Sheffield — cosponsor (person)
+- Shine — cosponsor (person)
+- Springer — cosponsor (person)
+- Stickland — cosponsor (person)
+- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
+- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
+- Zedler — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-12** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-11** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-11** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-03-18** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-18** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-03-26** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-03-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-02** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-09** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-09** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-10** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-10** Record vote
+- **2019-04-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-10** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-15** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-29** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-04-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-04-29** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-29** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-04-29** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-14** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-15** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-15** Record vote
+- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-15** Record vote
+- **2019-05-15** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-15** Record vote
+- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-15** Record vote
+- **2019-05-15** Senate passage reported
+- **2019-05-16** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-17** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-17** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-28** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-28** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d42b35e-9d02-4728-808a-c59342bf2cb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+