---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to carrying a handgun during a state of disaster."
description: "Relating to carrying a handgun during a state of disaster."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1177"
citation: "Texas HB 1177 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Weapons (I0887)", "CONCEALED HANDGUNS (S0241)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Creighton", "Metcalf", "Phelan", "Toth", "White"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 80
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c39f97a-6423-4c20-92f1-c75d80a954ed"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01100_HB01199/HB 1177.xml"
source_hash: "c5686896ee32037697741b1271dc7077825aff3bfcb1d7a250bbc039929f4fae"
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 1177 (86) — Relating to carrying a handgun during a state of disaster.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB01177I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **105–37** (pass) · lower
- passage — **23–8** (pass) · upper
- passage — **102–29** (pass) · lower
- other — **91–52** (fail) · upper
- passage — **22–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ashby — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Phelan — primary (person)
- Toth — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Anderson, Charles "Doc" — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
- Bonnen, Greg — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Fallon — cosponsor (person)
- Frullo — cosponsor (person)
- Harless — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- King, Phil — cosponsor (person)
- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Leman — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Murr — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
- Stickland — cosponsor (person)
- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-29** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-26** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-06** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-04** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-17** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Point of order sustained (amendment)
- **2019-04-17** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Point of order sustained (amendment)
- **2019-04-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-17** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-18** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Record vote
- **2019-04-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-22** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-24** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-13** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-20** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-20** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-23** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2019-05-23** House requests conference committee
- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees
- **2019-05-23** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2019-05-23** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2019-05-23** Senate appoints conferees
- **2019-05-23** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-25** Conference committee report filed
- **2019-05-25** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-27** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c39f97a-6423-4c20-92f1-c75d80a954ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).