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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to prohibited local regulation with respect to a firearm or air gun."
+description: "Relating to prohibited local regulation with respect to a firearm or air gun."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "HB 3137"
+citation: "Texas HB 3137 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["City Government--General (I0060)", "Insurance--General (I0445)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bumgarner", "Cain", "Isaac", "Lopez, Janie", "Springer", "Toth"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 56
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2023-03-01"
+last_action: "2023-06-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fcf2a57-ff57-4293-9cc2-e6edf7c5cf8c"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03100_HB03199/HB 3137.xml"
+source_hash: "447350b6159468aae3ef6b9ce632ac3da9f54f85cdbfc982d0b920a87b0a0bc6"
+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 3137 (88) — Relating to prohibited local regulation with respect to a firearm or air gun.
+
+## 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/HB03137I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03137E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03137H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03137S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03137F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **84–58** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **87–57** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bumgarner — primary (person)
+- Cain — primary (person)
+- Isaac — primary (person)
+- Lopez, Janie — primary (person)
+- Springer — primary (person)
+- Toth — primary (person)
+- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
+- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
+- DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
+- Dorazio — cosponsor (person)
+- Frazier — cosponsor (person)
+- Hall — cosponsor (person)
+- Harless — cosponsor (person)
+- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
+- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
+- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
+- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
+- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
+- Leo-Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
+- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
+- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
+- Schatzline — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
+- Sparks — cosponsor (person)
+- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
+- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Thimesch — cosponsor (person)
+- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
+- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-01** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-14** Referred to Community Safety, Select `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-04** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-04-04** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-13** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-04-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-04-24** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-05-02** Considered in Calendars
+- **2023-05-04** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2023-05-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-04** Passed to engrossment
+- **2023-05-04** Record vote
+- **2023-05-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-05** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
+- **2023-05-05** Record vote
+- **2023-05-05** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-05** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
+- **2023-05-05** Record vote
+- **2023-05-05** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-05** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
+- **2023-05-05** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-05** Record vote
+- **2023-05-05** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2023-05-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-05-11** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-05-18** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-18** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-05-18** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2023-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2023-05-22** Record vote
+- **2023-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-22** Record vote
+- **2023-05-23** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2023-05-24** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2023-05-24** Record vote
+- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-24** Record vote
+- **2023-05-24** Senate passage reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-24** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-25** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-11** 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/3fcf2a57-ff57-4293-9cc2-e6edf7c5cf8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+