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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to an application made by certain retired state and federal officers to obtain a license to carry a handgun; waiving a fee."
+description: "Relating to an application made by certain retired state and federal officers to obtain a license to carry a handgun; waiving a fee."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 2137"
+citation: "Texas HB 2137 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Corrections--Jails & Prisons (I0092)", "Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--State (I0362)", "Weapons (I0887)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Burns", "Flores", "Guillen", "Herrero"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 62
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-02-20"
+last_action: "2019-05-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e91911b-1c15-4809-992f-2edff9bc6d58"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02100_HB02199/HB 2137.xml"
+source_hash: "88caeb8865fc98115a740723dbb1111f1e04fd3c7f962873bc61a652a58be15d"
+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 2137 (86) — Relating to an application made by certain retired state and federal officers to obtain a license to carry a handgun; waiving a fee.
+
+## 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/HB02137I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **139–1** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower
+- other — **139–1** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Burns — primary (person)
+- Flores — primary (person)
+- Guillen — primary (person)
+- Herrero — primary (person)
+- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-20** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-06** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-20** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-20** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-02** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-04-02** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-02** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-08** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-15** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-04-15** Point of order sustained (amendment)
+- **2019-04-15** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2019-04-15** Record vote
+- **2019-04-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-16** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-16** Record vote
+- **2019-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-16** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-16** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-17** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-04-25** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-25** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-29** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-01** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-01** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-01** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-06** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-08** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-08** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-08** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-08** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-08** Record vote
+- **2019-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-08** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-08** Record vote
+- **2019-05-08** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-09** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-09** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-13** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-13** Record vote
+- **2019-05-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-13** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-13** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-14** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-14** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-23** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-23** 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/0e91911b-1c15-4809-992f-2edff9bc6d58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+