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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to evidence in certain civil actions of a person's failure to forbid handguns on certain property."
+description: "Relating to evidence in certain civil actions of a person's failure to forbid handguns on certain property."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "SB 772"
+citation: "Texas SB 772 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Weapons (I0887)", "EVIDENCE (S0250)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Cecil", "Hughes", "Springer"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2019-02-12"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01c09b17-dfc2-405b-b96b-a3db5220a88c"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 772.xml"
+source_hash: "836112c8bc6eca20a4e412049a7f530388727f11ddf7c4044df6d4573a315127"
+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 772 (86) — Relating to evidence in certain civil actions of a person's failure to forbid handguns on certain property.
+
+## 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/SB00772I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **7–24** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **88–51** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **26–5** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **26–5** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bell, Cecil — primary (person)
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Springer — primary (person)
+- Flynn — cosponsor (person)
+- Hall — cosponsor (person)
+- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
+- White — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2019-02-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-01** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-04** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-08** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-04-16** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-04-23** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-04-23** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-04-23** Record vote
+- **2019-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-23** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-04-23** Amendment fails of adoption
+- **2019-04-23** Record vote
+- **2019-04-23** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-23** Record vote
+- **2019-04-23** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-04-23** Record vote
+- **2019-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-23** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-23** Record vote
+- **2019-04-23** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-23** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-29** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-13** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-05-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-05-14** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-05-15** 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** 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`
+- **2019-06-14** 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/01c09b17-dfc2-405b-b96b-a3db5220a88c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+