---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the carrying of handguns by license holders on property owned or leased by a governmental entity."
description: "Relating to the carrying of handguns by license holders on property owned or leased by a governmental entity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1791"
citation: "Texas HB 1791 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Health--Emergency Services & Personnel (I0384)", "Hospitals (I0400)", "Political Subdivisions (I0588)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "Weapons (I0887)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fallon", "Krause", "Lang", "Toth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9aed0cc-5666-4578-a8be-f3fdf66276e5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01700_HB01799/HB 1791.xml"
source_hash: "c9964e182134c154446fa18b3a5d42d0525b9ce37bc788e6fb917ecd0cb36046"
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 1791 (86) — Relating to the carrying of handguns by license holders on property owned or leased by a governmental entity.

## 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/HB01791I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **75–49** (pass) · lower
- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fallon — primary (person)
- Krause — primary (person)
- Lang — primary (person)
- Toth — primary (person)
- Bonnen, Greg — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-17** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-17** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-17** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-24** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-30** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-30** 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** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **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
- **2019-05-13** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-13** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-13** 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** 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/d9aed0cc-5666-4578-a8be-f3fdf66276e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).