---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a license to carry a handgun for certain young adults who are protected under certain court orders related to family violence."
description: "Relating to a license to carry a handgun for certain young adults who are protected under certain court orders related to family violence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 918"
citation: "Texas HB 918 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROTECTIVE ORDERS (S0495)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hefner", "Hughes", "Leman", "Schaefer", "Slawson", "White"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 61
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-12-30"
last_action: "2021-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f007e3ea-b08f-4fb1-9d50-e4f94e90c83b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00900_HB00999/HB 918.xml"
source_hash: "2daf2b073086ee2625cc341a1f922ed825647fe07044d00fafb49abb8ee98de5"
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 918 (87) — Relating to a license to carry a handgun for certain young adults who are protected under certain court orders related to family violence.

## 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/HB00918I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00918E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00918H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00918S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00918F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **131–11** (pass) · lower
- passage — **134–13** (pass) · lower
- other — **131–11** (fail) · upper
- passage — **18–12** (pass) · upper
- passage — **127–18** (pass) · lower
- passage — **18–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hefner — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Leman — primary (person)
- Schaefer — primary (person)
- Slawson — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Huberty — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Shine — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-30** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-25** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-08** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-12** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-14** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-14** Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
- **2021-04-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-14** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-14** Record vote
- **2021-04-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Record vote
- **2021-04-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-15** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-19** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-19** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-29** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-04** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-04** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-06** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-11** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-11** Record vote
- **2021-05-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-11** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-11** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-11** Record vote
- **2021-05-12** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-12** Record vote
- **2021-05-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-12** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-12** Record vote
- **2021-05-12** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-12** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-12** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-18** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-18** Record vote
- **2021-05-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-18** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-18** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-19** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-03** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-03** 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/f007e3ea-b08f-4fb1-9d50-e4f94e90c83b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).