---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to local, state, and federal regulation of firearm suppressors."
description: "Relating to local, state, and federal regulation of firearm suppressors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 957"
citation: "Texas HB 957 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "FEDERAL RELATIONS (S0862)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Hefner", "Oliverson", "Schaefer", "Springer", "White"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e55c1b0-e530-4381-8b60-922bf044a302"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00900_HB00999/HB 957.xml"
source_hash: "118e76fce849fe163a90a21fbd74183c73b70da8d64f8231dc452cafa0fbfcc0"
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 957 (87) — Relating to local, state, and federal regulation of firearm suppressors.

## 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/HB00957I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00957E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00957H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00957S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00957F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **18–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Guillen — primary (person)
- Hefner — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Schaefer — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Ellzey — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Leman — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Shine — cosponsor (person)
- Slaton — cosponsor (person)
- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-04** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-14** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-14** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-20** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-30** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-03** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-03** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-04** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Record vote
- **2021-05-04** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-05** 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
- **2021-05-13** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-18** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-18** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-20** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-21** Record vote
- **2021-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-21** Record vote
- **2021-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-23** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-15** 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/8e55c1b0-e530-4381-8b60-922bf044a302`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).