---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of trespass by certain persons carrying handguns."
description: "Relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of trespass by certain persons carrying handguns."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 121"
citation: "Texas HB 121 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Weapons (I0887)", "TRESPASS (S0549)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Hunter", "Oliverson", "Pacheco", "Raymond", "Swanson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d42b35e-9d02-4728-808a-c59342bf2cb4"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00100_HB00199/HB 121.xml"
source_hash: "fac97caa37fd9e4fd0641b29d32fbf84c8e16de5d3aefb61762c460ac831382e"
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 121 (86) — Relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of trespass by certain persons carrying handguns.

## 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/HB00121I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **119–25** (pass) · lower
- passage — **25–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Creighton — primary (person)
- Hunter — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Pacheco — primary (person)
- Raymond — primary (person)
- Swanson — primary (person)
- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
- Bonnen, Greg — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Flynn — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Leman — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Sheffield — cosponsor (person)
- Shine — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Stickland — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
- Zedler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-12** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-11** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-18** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-26** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-02** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-09** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-10** Record vote
- **2019-04-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-15** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-04-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-29** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-29** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-14** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-15** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-16** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-28** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-28** 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/4d42b35e-9d02-4728-808a-c59342bf2cb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).