---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the criminal consequences of engaging in certain conduct with respect to certain instruments designed, made, or adapted for use in striking a person."
description: "Relating to the criminal consequences of engaging in certain conduct with respect to certain instruments designed, made, or adapted for use in striking a person."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 446"
citation: "Texas HB 446 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Weapons (I0887)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frullo", "Moody", "Oliverson", "Perry", "Stickland"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-12-03"
last_action: "2019-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07e94556-2ca8-4938-b9dd-ca8e4528dfdd"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00400_HB00499/HB 446.xml"
source_hash: "55df7c4f2cb491f811b3df182fdd1f10774766bebdf5f3585d9c6e1baead949b"
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 446 (86) — Relating to the criminal consequences of engaging in certain conduct with respect to certain instruments designed, made, or adapted for use in striking a person.

## 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/HB00446I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frullo — primary (person)
- Moody — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Stickland — primary (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-03** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-04** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-11** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-19** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-20** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-27** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-08** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-09** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Record vote
- **2019-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-15** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-15** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **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
- **2019-05-15** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-16** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-16** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-25** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-25** 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/07e94556-2ca8-4938-b9dd-ca8e4528dfdd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).