---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to prohibited local regulation with respect to a firearm or air gun."
description: "Relating to prohibited local regulation with respect to a firearm or air gun."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 3137"
citation: "Texas HB 3137 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--General (I0060)", "Insurance--General (I0445)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bumgarner", "Cain", "Isaac", "Lopez, Janie", "Springer", "Toth"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-01"
last_action: "2023-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fcf2a57-ff57-4293-9cc2-e6edf7c5cf8c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03100_HB03199/HB 3137.xml"
source_hash: "447350b6159468aae3ef6b9ce632ac3da9f54f85cdbfc982d0b920a87b0a0bc6"
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 3137 (88) — Relating to prohibited local regulation with respect to a firearm or air gun.

## 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/HB03137I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03137E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03137H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03137S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03137F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **84–58** (pass) · lower
- passage — **87–57** (pass) · lower
- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bumgarner — primary (person)
- Cain — primary (person)
- Isaac — primary (person)
- Lopez, Janie — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)
- Toth — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
- Dorazio — cosponsor (person)
- Frazier — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Harless — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Leo-Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
- Schatzline — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
- Sparks — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Thimesch — cosponsor (person)
- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-01** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Referred to Community Safety, Select `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-04** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-13** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-24** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-02** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-04** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-04** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-05-04** Record vote
- **2023-05-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-05** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-05** Record vote
- **2023-05-05** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-05** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-05** Record vote
- **2023-05-05** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-05** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-05** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-05** Record vote
- **2023-05-05** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-11** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-18** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-18** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-22** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Record vote
- **2023-05-23** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-24** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-25** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-11** 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/3fcf2a57-ff57-4293-9cc2-e6edf7c5cf8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).