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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the prohibition of short-barrel firearms."
+description: "Relating to the prohibition of short-barrel firearms."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "SB 1596"
+citation: "Texas SB 1596 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bumgarner", "Hagenbuch", "Hayes", "Metcalf", "Pierson", "Virdell"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 62
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2025-02-24"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48f1e80e-f863-4bb3-ba61-fbb5386993bc"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1596.xml"
+source_hash: "19f3af4b0868b21c5a93576b0ebc970eceef569c988dd21e8aa439859c42a613"
+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 1596 (89R) — Relating to the prohibition of short-barrel firearms.
+
+## 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/89R/billtext/html/SB01596I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01596E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01596H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01596S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01596F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
+- other — **10–21** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **88–54** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **87–52** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **109–26** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bumgarner — primary (person)
+- Hagenbuch — primary (person)
+- Hayes — primary (person)
+- Metcalf — primary (person)
+- Pierson — primary (person)
+- Virdell — primary (person)
+- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
+- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
+- Curry — cosponsor (person)
+- DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
+- Dorazio — cosponsor (person)
+- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
+- Hickland — cosponsor (person)
+- Holt — cosponsor (person)
+- Hopper — cosponsor (person)
+- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
+- Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
+- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
+- Leo Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Louderback — cosponsor (person)
+- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
+- Luther — cosponsor (person)
+- McLaughlin — cosponsor (person)
+- Money — cosponsor (person)
+- Noble — cosponsor (person)
+- Olcott — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul — cosponsor (person)
+- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
+- Schatzline — cosponsor (person)
+- Schoolcraft — cosponsor (person)
+- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
+- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
+- Toth — cosponsor (person)
+- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-24** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2025-02-24** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-03-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-03-10** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-03-13** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-03-13** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2025-03-13** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-03-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-03-20** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-03-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-24** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-03-25** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2025-04-14** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2025-04-14** Record vote
+- **2025-04-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-14** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-04-14** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
+- **2025-04-14** Record vote
+- **2025-04-14** Passed to engrossment
+- **2025-04-14** Record vote
+- **2025-04-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2025-04-16** Record vote
+- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-16** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-16** Record vote
+- **2025-04-16** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-04-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-22** Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-30** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-30** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-05-07** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-05-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-05-22** Considered in Calendars
+- **2025-05-24** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2025-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-27** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
+- **2025-05-27** Amendment tabled `deferral`
+- **2025-05-27** Record vote
+- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2025-05-27** Record vote
+- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-27** Postponed
+- **2025-05-27** Record vote
+- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-28** Rules suspended
+- **2025-05-28** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
+- **2025-05-28** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-28** House passage reported `passage`
+- **2025-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-30** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48f1e80e-f863-4bb3-ba61-fbb5386993bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+