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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the regulation of firearms, air guns, knives, ammunition, or firearm or air gun supplies or accessories by a county or municipality."
+description: "Relating to the regulation of firearms, air guns, knives, ammunition, or firearm or air gun supplies or accessories by a county or municipality."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 3231"
+citation: "Texas HB 3231 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["City Government--General (I0060)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Clardy", "Fallon", "Hefner", "Krause"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 66
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2019-03-05"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b37c18df-15fa-45e2-9e94-b89642312ffd"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03200_HB03299/HB 3231.xml"
+source_hash: "9ccc66db3c3349571eaa27e11127a25a92013211f447d2de7529bc74bb3d02b1"
+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 3231 (86) — Relating to the regulation of firearms, air guns, knives, ammunition, or firearm or air gun supplies or accessories by a county or municipality.
+
+## 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/HB03231I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **104–37** (pass) · lower
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **104–37** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **101–40** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ashby — primary (person)
+- Clardy — primary (person)
+- Fallon — primary (person)
+- Hefner — primary (person)
+- Krause — primary (person)
+- Anderson, Charles "Doc" — cosponsor (person)
+- Hall — cosponsor (person)
+- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-05** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-13** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-03** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-04-03** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-10** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-10** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-16** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-17** 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** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-01** Record vote
+- **2019-05-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-01** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-01** Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
+- **2019-05-01** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2019-05-01** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **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`
+- **2019-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-03** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **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** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-20** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
+- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-22** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-22** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-23** 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** 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
+- **2019-05-29** 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/b37c18df-15fa-45e2-9e94-b89642312ffd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+