---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the carrying of a handgun by a license holder on the premises of certain places of religious worship."
description: "Relating to the carrying of a handgun by a license holder on the premises of certain places of religious worship."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 535"
citation: "Texas SB 535 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Religion (I0646)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Campbell", "Flynn", "King, Phil", "Oliverson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b1ee7bc-789a-48dc-90ee-7a4ce9addf0a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 535.xml"
source_hash: "b71d03e6bedb638d6ccf3a5629e571202d88f7225be9672363686f6b40702401"
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 SB 535 (86) — Relating to the carrying of a handgun by a license holder on the premises of certain places of religious worship.

## 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/SB00535I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **23–8** (pass) · upper
- passage — **86–53** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ashby — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Flynn — primary (person)
- King, Phil — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-01-30** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-25** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-29** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-29** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-30** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-30** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-01** Co-author authorized
- **2019-05-01** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-01** Record vote
- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-01** Record vote
- **2019-05-01** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-01** Record vote
- **2019-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-01** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Record vote
- **2019-05-01** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-01** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-02** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-16** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-20** Point of order withdrawn
- **2019-05-20** Vote reconsidered
- **2019-05-20** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** House passage reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-23** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-07** 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/8b1ee7bc-789a-48dc-90ee-7a4ce9addf0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).