---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the enforcement of certain federal laws regulating firearms, firearm accessories, and firearm ammunition within the State of Texas."
description: "Relating to the enforcement of certain federal laws regulating firearms, firearm accessories, and firearm ammunition within the State of Texas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 2622"
citation: "Texas HB 2622 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "FEDERAL RELATIONS (S0862)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Political Subdivisions (I0588)", "SECOND AMENDMENT SANCTUARY STATE ACT (PE1CV)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Canales", "Hall", "Holland", "Metcalf", "Paddie", "White"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 61
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-02"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2e34a31-ee3b-45de-8d11-d43c7d135453"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02600_HB02699/HB 2622.xml"
source_hash: "a9f19b048cd504004bd07b688372e7ec8a11fb9ee2f28fd07624e3294ecfcea1"
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 2622 (87) — Relating to the enforcement of certain federal laws regulating firearms, firearm accessories, and firearm ammunition within the State of Texas.

## 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/87R/billtext/html/HB02622I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02622E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02622H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02622S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02622F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **89–56** (pass) · lower
- passage — **17–13** (pass) · upper
- passage — **18–12** (pass) · upper
- passage — **83–45** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Canales — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Holland — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Paddie — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- Burrows — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Cason — cosponsor (person)
- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Dominguez — cosponsor (person)
- Ellzey — cosponsor (person)
- Frank — cosponsor (person)
- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Harless — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Hull — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
- King, Phil — cosponsor (person)
- Krause — cosponsor (person)
- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Leman — cosponsor (person)
- Longoria — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio III — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Murr — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Price — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Shine — cosponsor (person)
- Slaton — cosponsor (person)
- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-02** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-17** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-01** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-06** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-06** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-13** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-14** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-27** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-29** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-29** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-29** Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
- **2021-04-29** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-04-29** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-29** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-30** Record vote
- **2021-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-30** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-13** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-13** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-20** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-26** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-27** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-16** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2e34a31-ee3b-45de-8d11-d43c7d135453`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).