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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to authority of the governor and certain political subdivisions to regulate firearms, ammunition, knives, air guns, explosives, and combustibles and certain associated businesses during certain disasters and emergencies."
+description: "Relating to authority of the governor and certain political subdivisions to regulate firearms, ammunition, knives, air guns, explosives, and combustibles and certain associated businesses during certain disasters and emergencies."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 1500"
+citation: "Texas HB 1500 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "SHOOTING RANGES (S0302)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Burrows", "Creighton", "Guillen", "Hefner", "Paddie", "White"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 54
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-02-25"
+last_action: "2021-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d678246-b841-4342-a164-f3793b42e7f8"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01500_HB01599/HB 1500.xml"
+source_hash: "533bdea6fda2d9ee5056a95919557b6b439d219632ce3544a1ab8eb378d212a3"
+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 1500 (87) — Relating to authority of the governor and certain political subdivisions to regulate firearms, ammunition, knives, air guns, explosives, and combustibles and certain associated businesses during certain disasters and emergencies.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01500I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01500E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01500H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01500S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01500F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **86–53** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **23–7** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **90–52** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Burrows — primary (person)
+- Creighton — primary (person)
+- Guillen — primary (person)
+- Hefner — primary (person)
+- Paddie — primary (person)
+- White — primary (person)
+- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
+- Bailes — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
+- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
+- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
+- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
+- Burns — cosponsor (person)
+- Cain — cosponsor (person)
+- Canales — cosponsor (person)
+- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
+- Cason — cosponsor (person)
+- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
+- Cook — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Ellzey — cosponsor (person)
+- Frank — cosponsor (person)
+- Frullo — cosponsor (person)
+- Hall — cosponsor (person)
+- Harless — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Holland — cosponsor (person)
+- Hull — cosponsor (person)
+- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
+- King, Phil — cosponsor (person)
+- Krause — cosponsor (person)
+- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
+- Leach — cosponsor (person)
+- Leman — cosponsor (person)
+- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
+- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy — cosponsor (person)
+- Murr — cosponsor (person)
+- Noble — cosponsor (person)
+- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
+- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul — cosponsor (person)
+- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
+- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
+- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
+- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
+- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
+- Schofield — cosponsor (person)
+- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
+- Shine — cosponsor (person)
+- Slaton — cosponsor (person)
+- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
+- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
+- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
+- Toth — cosponsor (person)
+- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
+- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
+- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-25** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-05** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-01** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-04-01** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-06** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-04-06** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-07** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-07** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-04-13** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-04-15** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-15** Record vote
+- **2021-04-15** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-04-15** Record vote
+- **2021-04-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-16** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-16** Record vote
+- **2021-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-16** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-19** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-14** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-20** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-05-20** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-24** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-24** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-24** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-26** Senate passage reported
+- **2021-05-26** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-27** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-27** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-18** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d678246-b841-4342-a164-f3793b42e7f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+