---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the transportation or storage of a handgun or other firearm or ammunition by a handgun license holder in a school parking area."
description: "Relating to the transportation or storage of a handgun or other firearm or ammunition by a handgun license holder in a school parking area."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1143"
citation: "Texas HB 1143 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hefner", "Huberty", "Hughes", "Springer", "Toth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fde8f507-0a57-477e-833a-e21d7c14c718"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01100_HB01199/HB 1143.xml"
source_hash: "30eb09590b5029d64ace6153035fc004015073d3dd3c8416e24d89f7c5dd9464"
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 1143 (86) — Relating to the transportation or storage of a handgun or other firearm or ammunition by a handgun license holder in a school parking area.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB01143I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **97–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hefner — primary (person)
- Huberty — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)
- Toth — primary (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Shine — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-26** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-26** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-18** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-18** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-29** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-06** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-08** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** Postponed
- **2019-05-09** Laid out as postponed business
- **2019-05-09** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-13** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-14** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-22** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fde8f507-0a57-477e-833a-e21d7c14c718`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).