---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a false statement made to illegally acquire a firearm; creating a criminal offense."
description: "Relating to a false statement made to illegally acquire a firearm; creating a criminal offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 162"
citation: "Texas SB 162 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Geren"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-11-10"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4e4ee1b-f2c1-450d-bac4-39b704e36f4b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00100_SB00199/SB 162.xml"
source_hash: "f37ba12d31cda7a3496ecae1b4c53f545b93adee87a9a231a350448da7490f46"
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 162 (87) — Relating to a false statement made to illegally acquire a firearm; creating a criminal offense.

## 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/SB00162I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00162E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00162H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00162S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00162F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **117–12** (pass) · lower
- passage — **24–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blanco — primary (person)
- Geren — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
- Powell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2020-11-10** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-15** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-15** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-26** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-27** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-28** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-28** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-28** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-28** Record vote
- **2021-04-28** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-28** Record vote
- **2021-04-28** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-28** Record vote
- **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Record vote
- **2021-04-28** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-04** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-07** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-10** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-11** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-13** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2021-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-13** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-13** Record vote
- **2021-05-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-14** Record vote
- **2021-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** House passage reported
- **2021-05-18** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-19** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-19** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-30** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-30** 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/f4e4ee1b-f2c1-450d-bac4-39b704e36f4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).