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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the firearms training for and weapons proficiency of and the carrying of a handgun or other firearm by county jailers and qualified retired law enforcement officers."
+description: "Relating to the firearms training for and weapons proficiency of and the carrying of a handgun or other firearm by county jailers and qualified retired law enforcement officers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 1552"
+citation: "Texas HB 1552 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "Weapons (I0887)", "JAILERS & PRISON GUARDS (S0341)", "STAFF DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING (S0317)", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0986)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Paul", "Schwertner", "Thompson, Ed"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 58
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2019-02-08"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef4ec7a2-79ce-4281-a028-3bacfacea5ab"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01500_HB01599/HB 1552.xml"
+source_hash: "a8a2becd6fe6b99a33f95ccaf3d6a97d9589facee0df91688e37068e281ae5fe"
+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 1552 (86) — Relating to the firearms training for and weapons proficiency of and the carrying of a handgun or other firearm by county jailers and qualified retired law enforcement officers.
+
+## 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/HB01552I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **142–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Guillen — primary (person)
+- Paul — primary (person)
+- Schwertner — primary (person)
+- Thompson, Ed — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-08** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-04** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-10** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-10** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-10** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-04-10** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-15** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-04-15** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-15** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-22** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-23** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2019-04-30** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2019-05-03** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-03** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-03** Record vote
+- **2019-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-04** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-07** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-14** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-16** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-19** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2019-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-19** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-19** Record vote
+- **2019-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-19** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-19** Record vote
+- **2019-05-20** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-20** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-20** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-23** Record vote
+- **2019-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-14** 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/ef4ec7a2-79ce-4281-a028-3bacfacea5ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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