---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the offense of possessing a weapon in a secured area of an airport."
description: "Relating to the offense of possessing a weapon in a secured area of an airport."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1920"
citation: "Texas HB 1920 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AIRPORTS (S0307)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anchia", "Capriglione", "King, Phil", "Springer", "Tinderholt", "White"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-12"
last_action: "2021-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25d47566-fee8-43c8-be6b-0f4f2eca4441"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01900_HB01999/HB 1920.xml"
source_hash: "34e842d83ccc1cdf551d62da2b0750160062f769617e3eed4313565f2ec58c7e"
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 1920 (87) — Relating to the offense of possessing a weapon in a secured area of an airport.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01920I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01920E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01920H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01920S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01920F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **134–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anchia — primary (person)
- Capriglione — primary (person)
- King, Phil — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)
- Tinderholt — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-12** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-15** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-01** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-09** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-14** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-21** Corrected com rept filed w/ Comte Coordinator
- **2021-04-21** Corrected comm. report distributed
- **2021-04-22** Corrected committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-26** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-27** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-27** Record vote
- **2021-04-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-27** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-27** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-03** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-13** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-13** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-21** Record vote
- **2021-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-21** Record vote
- **2021-05-23** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-26** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-07** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25d47566-fee8-43c8-be6b-0f4f2eca4441`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).