---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to prohibiting a person or entity from surveilling, reporting, or tracking the purchase of firearms, ammunition, and accessories through the use of certain merchant category codes; imposing a civil penalty."
description: "Relating to prohibiting a person or entity from surveilling, reporting, or tracking the purchase of firearms, ammunition, and accessories through the use of certain merchant category codes; imposing a civil penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 2837"
citation: "Texas HB 2837 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "CREDIT & DEBIT CARDS (S0388)", "Financial--General (I0365)", "SECOND AMENDMENT FINANCIAL PRIVACY ACT (PL1OG)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Capriglione", "Noble", "Schaefer", "Schwertner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 66
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-24"
last_action: "2023-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c361266-b369-4020-a045-6bd7fb58f1bf"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02800_HB02899/HB 2837.xml"
source_hash: "df01c370d914b11cf4d48771730e8ba789dc7d7cf24cf621feaf3ed43783223a"
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 2837 (88) — Relating to prohibiting a person or entity from surveilling, reporting, or tracking the purchase of firearms, ammunition, and accessories through the use of certain merchant category codes; imposing a civil penalty.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB02837I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02837E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02837H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02837S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02837F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **25–6** (pass) · upper
- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
- passage — **89–56** (pass) · lower
- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
- passage — **85–56** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Capriglione — primary (person)
- Noble — primary (person)
- Schaefer — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Thimesch — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-24** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-05** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-13** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-13** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-24** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-28** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-02** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-02** Record vote
- **2023-05-02** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-02** Record vote
- **2023-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-02** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-02** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-02** Record vote
- **2023-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-02** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-02** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-05-02** Record vote
- **2023-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Record vote
- **2023-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-03** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-04** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-05** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-15** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-15** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-18** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-18** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-19** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-19** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-19** Point of order
- **2023-05-19** Point of order sustained
- **2023-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-19** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-19** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-20** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-10** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c361266-b369-4020-a045-6bd7fb58f1bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).