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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to local, state, and federal regulation of firearm suppressors."
+description: "Relating to local, state, and federal regulation of firearm suppressors."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 957"
+citation: "Texas HB 957 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "FEDERAL RELATIONS (S0862)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Hefner", "Oliverson", "Schaefer", "Springer", "White"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 48
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-01-04"
+last_action: "2021-06-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e55c1b0-e530-4381-8b60-922bf044a302"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00900_HB00999/HB 957.xml"
+source_hash: "118e76fce849fe163a90a21fbd74183c73b70da8d64f8231dc452cafa0fbfcc0"
+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 957 (87) — Relating to local, state, and federal regulation of firearm suppressors.
+
+## 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/HB00957I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00957E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00957H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00957S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00957F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **18–13** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Guillen — primary (person)
+- Hefner — primary (person)
+- Oliverson — primary (person)
+- Schaefer — primary (person)
+- Springer — primary (person)
+- White — primary (person)
+- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
+- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
+- Burns — cosponsor (person)
+- Cain — cosponsor (person)
+- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
+- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Ellzey — cosponsor (person)
+- Hall — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Holland — cosponsor (person)
+- Leman — cosponsor (person)
+- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
+- Noble — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Shine — cosponsor (person)
+- Slaton — cosponsor (person)
+- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
+- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
+- Toth — cosponsor (person)
+- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
+- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-04** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-01** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-14** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-14** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-04-14** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-20** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-28** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-04-30** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-03** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-03** Passed to engrossment
+- **2021-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-04** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-04** Record vote
+- **2021-05-04** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-05-05** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-10** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-13** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-13** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-05-13** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-17** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-18** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-18** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-20** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-21** Record vote
+- **2021-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-21** Record vote
+- **2021-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-22** Record vote
+- **2021-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-22** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-22** Record vote
+- **2021-05-23** Senate passage reported
+- **2021-05-23** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-24** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-25** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-15** 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/8e55c1b0-e530-4381-8b60-922bf044a302`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+