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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to prohibiting a person or entity from surveilling, reporting, or tracking the purchase of firearms, ammunition, and accessories through the use of certain merchant category codes; imposing a civil penalty."
+description: "Relating to prohibiting a person or entity from surveilling, reporting, or tracking the purchase of firearms, ammunition, and accessories through the use of certain merchant category codes; imposing a civil penalty."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "HB 2837"
+citation: "Texas HB 2837 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "CREDIT & DEBIT CARDS (S0388)", "Financial--General (I0365)", "SECOND AMENDMENT FINANCIAL PRIVACY ACT (PL1OG)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Capriglione", "Noble", "Schaefer", "Schwertner"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 66
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2023-02-24"
+last_action: "2023-06-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c361266-b369-4020-a045-6bd7fb58f1bf"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02800_HB02899/HB 2837.xml"
+source_hash: "df01c370d914b11cf4d48771730e8ba789dc7d7cf24cf621feaf3ed43783223a"
+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 2837 (88) — Relating to prohibiting a person or entity from surveilling, reporting, or tracking the purchase of firearms, ammunition, and accessories through the use of certain merchant category codes; imposing a civil penalty.
+
+## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB02837I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02837E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02837H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02837S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02837F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **25–6** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **89–56** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **85–56** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Capriglione — primary (person)
+- Noble — primary (person)
+- Schaefer — primary (person)
+- Schwertner — primary (person)
+- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
+- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
+- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
+- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
+- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
+- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
+- Hall — cosponsor (person)
+- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
+- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
+- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
+- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
+- Springer — cosponsor (person)
+- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Thimesch — cosponsor (person)
+- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-24** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-14** Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-04-05** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-13** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-04-13** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2023-04-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-04-24** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-04-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-04-28** Considered in Calendars
+- **2023-05-02** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-02** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
+- **2023-05-02** Record vote
+- **2023-05-02** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
+- **2023-05-02** Record vote
+- **2023-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-02** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
+- **2023-05-02** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
+- **2023-05-02** Record vote
+- **2023-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-02** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
+- **2023-05-02** Passed to engrossment
+- **2023-05-02** Record vote
+- **2023-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-03** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-03** Record vote
+- **2023-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-03** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-05-04** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2023-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-05-05** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-05-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-15** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-05-15** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-16** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2023-05-18** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2023-05-18** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2023-05-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2023-05-19** Record vote
+- **2023-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-19** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2023-05-19** Point of order
+- **2023-05-19** Point of order sustained
+- **2023-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2023-05-19** Record vote
+- **2023-05-19** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-05-19** Record vote
+- **2023-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-19** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-19** Record vote
+- **2023-05-19** Senate passage reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-20** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-23** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-10** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c361266-b369-4020-a045-6bd7fb58f1bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+