---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to permitting certain foster homes to store firearms and ammunition in the same locked location."
description: "Relating to permitting certain foster homes to store firearms and ammunition in the same locked location."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2363"
citation: "Texas HB 2363 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)", "Weapons (I0887)", "FOSTER CARE (S0064)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Canales", "Harris", "Hefner", "Longoria", "Noble"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 59
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-25"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd11a02a-76d4-4203-934d-7f6b99faa44e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02300_HB02399/HB 2363.xml"
source_hash: "a79a10dc8881077254f3763fb865c35c41c35e77270aea1bb3fd8466575de16d"
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 2363 (86) — Relating to permitting certain foster homes to store firearms and ammunition in the same locked location.

## 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/HB02363I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **97–43** (pass) · lower
- passage — **24–7** (pass) · upper
- other — **85–56** (fail) · upper
- passage — **85–56** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Canales — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Hefner — primary (person)
- Longoria — primary (person)
- Noble — primary (person)
- Anderson, Charles "Doc" — cosponsor (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Flynn — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Leman — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Shine — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Zedler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-25** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-26** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-09** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-15** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-25** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-29** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Amendment tabled
- **2019-05-01** Record vote
- **2019-05-01** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-02** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-02** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-08** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** Record vote
- **2019-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-24** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-28** 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/cd11a02a-76d4-4203-934d-7f6b99faa44e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).