---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to prohibited contracts with companies that discriminate against the firearm or ammunition industries."
description: "Relating to prohibited contracts with companies that discriminate against the firearm or ammunition industries."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 19"
citation: "Texas SB 19 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISCRIMINATION (S0052)", "Purchasing--State (I0643)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Cecil", "Campbell", "Capriglione", "Nelson", "Oliverson", "Schaefer", "Schwertner", "Slawson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 60
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-03"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ce443c4-c7a2-4e3b-a119-77a15698c03b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 19.xml"
source_hash: "e2bc246bd3293e9a33bb58217353ae0cc19c1f6ff4b4783e3a492e9a71635770"
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 19 (87) — Relating to prohibited contracts with companies that discriminate against the firearm or ammunition industries.

## 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/SB00019I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00019E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00019H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00019S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00019F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **18–13** (pass) · upper
- passage — **86–60** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell, Cecil — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Capriglione — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Schaefer — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Slawson — primary (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Huberty — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-23** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-08** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-09** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-13** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-14** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-14** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-14** Record vote
- **2021-04-14** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-14** Record vote
- **2021-04-15** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-15** Record vote
- **2021-04-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Record vote
- **2021-04-15** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-15** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-19** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-22** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-29** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2021-04-29** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-29** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-12** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2021-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-12** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-05-12** Record vote
- **2021-05-12** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-13** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-05-13** Record vote
- **2021-05-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-13** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-13** Record vote
- **2021-05-18** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-19** Co-author authorized
- **2021-05-28** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-28** Read
- **2021-05-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14** 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/2ce443c4-c7a2-4e3b-a119-77a15698c03b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).