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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the carrying of a handgun by a license holder on the premises of certain places of religious worship."
+description: "Relating to the carrying of a handgun by a license holder on the premises of certain places of religious worship."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "SB 535"
+citation: "Texas SB 535 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Religion (I0646)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Campbell", "Flynn", "King, Phil", "Oliverson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 50
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-01-30"
+last_action: "2019-06-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b1ee7bc-789a-48dc-90ee-7a4ce9addf0a"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 535.xml"
+source_hash: "b71d03e6bedb638d6ccf3a5629e571202d88f7225be9672363686f6b40702401"
+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 SB 535 (86) — Relating to the carrying of a handgun by a license holder on the premises of certain places of religious worship.
+
+## 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/SB00535I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **23–8** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **86–53** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ashby — primary (person)
+- Campbell — primary (person)
+- Flynn — primary (person)
+- King, Phil — primary (person)
+- Oliverson — primary (person)
+- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
+- Hall — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-30** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2019-01-30** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-21** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-04-25** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-25** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-29** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-04-29** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-04-30** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-04-30** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-01** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-05-01** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-01** Record vote
+- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2019-05-01** Record vote
+- **2019-05-01** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-01** Record vote
+- **2019-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-01** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-01** Record vote
+- **2019-05-01** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-05-01** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-02** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-14** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-05-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-05-16** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-05-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-05-17** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-20** Point of order withdrawn
+- **2019-05-20** Vote reconsidered
+- **2019-05-20** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2019-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-21** Record vote
+- **2019-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-21** House passage reported
+- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-23** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-07** 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/8b1ee7bc-789a-48dc-90ee-7a4ce9addf0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+