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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for firearm safety equipment."
+description: "Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for firearm safety equipment."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 313"
+citation: "Texas SB 313 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["GUN TRIGGER SAFETY LOCKS (S0184)", "Safety (I0740)", "Taxation--Sales (I0800)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Meyer"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 56
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-01-11"
+last_action: "2021-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd73629e-4ec2-4c0d-86d1-26edba974ca9"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00300_SB00399/SB 313.xml"
+source_hash: "fb07ebb755b191da08e7b13ae77340cde366b3761e4cbf71b6fb085dc653b9ce"
+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 313 (87) — Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for firearm safety equipment.
+
+## 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/SB00313I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00313E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00313H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00313S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00313F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **142–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Huffman — primary (person)
+- Meyer — primary (person)
+- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
+- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
+- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
+- West — cosponsor (person)
+- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-01-11** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-09** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-04-12** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-12** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-04-13** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-13** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-13** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-04-15** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-04-19** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-19** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-04-19** Laid before the Senate
+- **2021-04-19** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-19** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-19** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-19** Record vote
+- **2021-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-19** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-19** Record vote
+- **2021-04-19** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-04-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-21** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-03** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-03** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-05-03** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-05** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-05-05** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-11** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-11** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-14** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-17** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-17** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2021-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-18** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-18** Record vote
+- **2021-05-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-18** House passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-27** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2021-05-27** Read
+- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-27** Record vote
+- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2021-05-28** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-30** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
+- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-14** 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/cd73629e-4ec2-4c0d-86d1-26edba974ca9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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