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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to a false statement made to illegally acquire a firearm; creating a criminal offense."
+description: "Relating to a false statement made to illegally acquire a firearm; creating a criminal offense."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 162"
+citation: "Texas SB 162 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Geren"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 50
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-11-10"
+last_action: "2021-05-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4e4ee1b-f2c1-450d-bac4-39b704e36f4b"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00100_SB00199/SB 162.xml"
+source_hash: "f37ba12d31cda7a3496ecae1b4c53f545b93adee87a9a231a350448da7490f46"
+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 162 (87) — Relating to a false statement made to illegally acquire a firearm; creating a criminal offense.
+
+## 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/SB00162I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00162E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00162H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00162S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00162F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **117–12** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **24–7** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Blanco — primary (person)
+- Geren — primary (person)
+- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
+- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
+- Miles — cosponsor (person)
+- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
+- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
+- Powell — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-11-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2020-11-10** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-03** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-04-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-15** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-04-15** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-22** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-04-26** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-26** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-04-27** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-04-28** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-28** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-04-28** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-04-28** Record vote
+- **2021-04-28** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-28** Record vote
+- **2021-04-28** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-28** Record vote
+- **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-28** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-28** Record vote
+- **2021-04-28** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-04** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-07** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-10** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-11** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-13** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2021-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-13** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-13** Record vote
+- **2021-05-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **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
+- **2021-05-18** House passage reported
+- **2021-05-18** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-19** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-19** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-30** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-30** 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/f4e4ee1b-f2c1-450d-bac4-39b704e36f4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+