---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the firearms training for and weapons proficiency of and the carrying of a handgun or other firearm by county jailers and qualified retired law enforcement officers."
description: "Relating to the firearms training for and weapons proficiency of and the carrying of a handgun or other firearm by county jailers and qualified retired law enforcement officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1552"
citation: "Texas HB 1552 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "Weapons (I0887)", "JAILERS & PRISON GUARDS (S0341)", "STAFF DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING (S0317)", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0986)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Paul", "Schwertner", "Thompson, Ed"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 58
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-08"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef4ec7a2-79ce-4281-a028-3bacfacea5ab"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01500_HB01599/HB 1552.xml"
source_hash: "a8a2becd6fe6b99a33f95ccaf3d6a97d9589facee0df91688e37068e281ae5fe"
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 1552 (86) — Relating to the firearms training for and weapons proficiency of and the carrying of a handgun or other firearm by county jailers and qualified retired law enforcement officers.

## 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/HB01552I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **142–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Guillen — primary (person)
- Paul — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Thompson, Ed — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-08** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-10** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-10** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-10** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-15** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-15** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-15** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-22** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-23** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-30** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-03** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-03** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-04** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-07** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-19** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-20** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-20** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** 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/ef4ec7a2-79ce-4281-a028-3bacfacea5ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).