Legislation: batch D — NY OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TX UT

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

legislation/us/states/tx/86/hb-2363.md

@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to permitting certain foster homes to store firearms and ammunition in the same locked location."
+description: "Relating to permitting certain foster homes to store firearms and ammunition in the same locked location."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 2363"
+citation: "Texas HB 2363 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)", "Weapons (I0887)", "FOSTER CARE (S0064)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Canales", "Harris", "Hefner", "Longoria", "Noble"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 59
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2019-02-25"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd11a02a-76d4-4203-934d-7f6b99faa44e"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02300_HB02399/HB 2363.xml"
+source_hash: "a79a10dc8881077254f3763fb865c35c41c35e77270aea1bb3fd8466575de16d"
+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 2363 (86) — Relating to permitting certain foster homes to store firearms and ammunition in the same locked location.
+
+## 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/HB02363I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **97–43** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **24–7** (pass) · upper
+- other — **85–56** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **85–56** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Birdwell — primary (person)
+- Canales — primary (person)
+- Harris — primary (person)
+- Hefner — primary (person)
+- Longoria — primary (person)
+- Noble — primary (person)
+- Anderson, Charles "Doc" — cosponsor (person)
+- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
+- Flynn — cosponsor (person)
+- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Leman — cosponsor (person)
+- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
+- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul — cosponsor (person)
+- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
+- Shine — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
+- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
+- White — cosponsor (person)
+- Zedler — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-25** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-06** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-03-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-26** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-09** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-09** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-15** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-25** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-29** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-01** Amendment tabled
+- **2019-05-01** Record vote
+- **2019-05-01** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-02** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-02** Record vote
+- **2019-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-02** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-05-02** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-05-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-08** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-16** Posting rule suspended
+- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-21** Record vote
+- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-21** Record vote
+- **2019-05-21** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-21** Record vote
+- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-21** Record vote
+- **2019-05-21** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-24** Record vote
+- **2019-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-24** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-24** 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
+- **2019-05-28** 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/cd11a02a-76d4-4203-934d-7f6b99faa44e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+