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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to a license to carry a handgun for a person who is at increased risk of becoming a victim of violence."
+description: "Relating to a license to carry a handgun for a person who is at increased risk of becoming a victim of violence."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 2675"
+citation: "Texas HB 2675 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CRIME VICTIMS (S0046)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Gates", "Guillen", "Morales, Eddie", "Toth"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 48
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-03"
+last_action: "2021-06-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d98a806-745d-4d1d-8cd9-1c2b099afa2c"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02600_HB02699/HB 2675.xml"
+source_hash: "bf5e141f2d783194a3cd8764d769a9997c29f7fff27d80391479fde0981e0059"
+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 2675 (87) — Relating to a license to carry a handgun for a person who is at increased risk of becoming a victim of violence.
+
+## 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/HB02675I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02675E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02675H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02675S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02675F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **126–15** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Birdwell — primary (person)
+- Gates — primary (person)
+- Guillen — primary (person)
+- Morales, Eddie — primary (person)
+- Toth — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-03** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-17** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-25** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-03-25** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-21** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-21** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-27** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-27** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-08** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-11** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-13** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-13** Passed to engrossment
+- **2021-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-14** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-14** Record vote
+- **2021-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-14** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-05-17** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-17** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **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** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-24** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **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`
+- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-16** 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/8d98a806-745d-4d1d-8cd9-1c2b099afa2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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