---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to an application made by certain retired state and federal officers to obtain a license to carry a handgun; waiving a fee."
description: "Relating to an application made by certain retired state and federal officers to obtain a license to carry a handgun; waiving a fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2137"
citation: "Texas HB 2137 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections--Jails & Prisons (I0092)", "Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--State (I0362)", "Weapons (I0887)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burns", "Flores", "Guillen", "Herrero"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 62
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e91911b-1c15-4809-992f-2edff9bc6d58"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02100_HB02199/HB 2137.xml"
source_hash: "88caeb8865fc98115a740723dbb1111f1e04fd3c7f962873bc61a652a58be15d"
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 2137 (86) — Relating to an application made by certain retired state and federal officers to obtain a license to carry a handgun; waiving a fee.

## 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/HB02137I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **139–1** (pass) · lower
- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **139–1** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burns — primary (person)
- Flores — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Herrero — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-20** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-20** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-02** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-02** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-02** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-08** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-15** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-15** Point of order sustained (amendment)
- **2019-04-15** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-15** Record vote
- **2019-04-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Record vote
- **2019-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-16** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-17** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-25** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-01** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-01** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-01** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-06** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-08** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-08** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-08** Record vote
- **2019-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-08** Record vote
- **2019-05-08** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-09** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-09** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-13** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-13** Record vote
- **2019-05-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-13** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-13** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-14** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-23** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-23** 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/0e91911b-1c15-4809-992f-2edff9bc6d58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).