---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the carrying and possession of a handgun by a public junior college school marshal."
description: "Relating to the carrying and possession of a handgun by a public junior college school marshal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 781"
citation: "Texas HB 781 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Junior College Districts (I0225)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Safety (I0740)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Noble", "Patterson", "Paxton", "Sanford", "Shaheen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-12-09"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fce6852-3c5d-465d-967a-f6d274a4e79c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00700_HB00799/HB 781.xml"
source_hash: "d8f76323ed6a74259a3c179e67ad60364fb1bcb714caf7c5c8256d5707823dbd"
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 781 (87) — Relating to the carrying and possession of a handgun by a public junior college school marshal.

## 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/HB00781I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00781E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00781H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00781S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00781F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **104–43** (pass) · lower
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Guillen — primary (person)
- Noble — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Sanford — primary (person)
- Shaheen — primary (person)
- Leman — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-08** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-22** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-23** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-26** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-28** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-28** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-04-28** Record vote
- **2021-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-28** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-29** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** 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
- **2021-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-18** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-18** Record vote
- **2021-05-18** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-18** Record vote
- **2021-05-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-20** Record vote
- **2021-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-20** Record vote
- **2021-05-20** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-20** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-23** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-16** 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/5fce6852-3c5d-465d-967a-f6d274a4e79c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).