---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the prohibition of short-barrel firearms."
description: "Relating to the prohibition of short-barrel firearms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1596"
citation: "Texas SB 1596 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bumgarner", "Hagenbuch", "Hayes", "Metcalf", "Pierson", "Virdell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 62
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-24"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48f1e80e-f863-4bb3-ba61-fbb5386993bc"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1596.xml"
source_hash: "19f3af4b0868b21c5a93576b0ebc970eceef569c988dd21e8aa439859c42a613"
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 SB 1596 (89R) — Relating to the prohibition of short-barrel firearms.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/SB01596I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01596E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01596H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01596S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01596F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
- other — **10–21** (fail) · upper
- passage — **88–54** (pass) · lower
- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
- passage — **87–52** (pass) · lower
- passage — **109–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bumgarner — primary (person)
- Hagenbuch — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Pierson — primary (person)
- Virdell — primary (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Curry — cosponsor (person)
- DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
- Dorazio — cosponsor (person)
- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hickland — cosponsor (person)
- Holt — cosponsor (person)
- Hopper — cosponsor (person)
- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
- Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
- Leo Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Louderback — cosponsor (person)
- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
- Luther — cosponsor (person)
- McLaughlin — cosponsor (person)
- Money — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Olcott — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Schatzline — cosponsor (person)
- Schoolcraft — cosponsor (person)
- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-24** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-24** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-10** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-13** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-13** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-20** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-03-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-14** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-04-14** Record vote
- **2025-04-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-14** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-14** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-14** Record vote
- **2025-04-14** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-04-14** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-30** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-07** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-22** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2025-05-27** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** Postponed
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Rules suspended
- **2025-05-28** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
- **2025-05-28** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-30** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48f1e80e-f863-4bb3-ba61-fbb5386993bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).