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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the carrying of a handgun by certain first responders."
description: "Relating to the carrying of a handgun by certain first responders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1069"
citation: "Texas HB 1069 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--Employees/Officers (I0061)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "Health--Emergency Services & Personnel (I0384)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "STAFF DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING (S0317)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Harris"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 54
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d69ec016-5d12-4f82-b447-88aec20ecd2d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01000_HB01099/HB 1069.xml"
source_hash: "ff0138626aa2f834f13c82460825ee0fc6d84178229e0cd86ce662fe0b871d10"
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 1069 (87) — Relating to the carrying of a handgun by certain first responders.
## 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/HB01069I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01069E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01069H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01069S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01069F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **11033** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Ellzey — cosponsor (person)
- Leman — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Shine — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-12** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-26** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-09** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-14** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-14** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-21** Corrected com rept filed w/ Comte Coordinator
- **2021-04-21** Corrected comm. report distributed
- **2021-04-22** Corrected committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-04** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-06** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-07** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-05-07** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-07** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-07** Record vote
- **2021-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-07** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-10** 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
- **2021-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-18** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-18** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-20** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-23** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-18** 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/d69ec016-5d12-4f82-b447-88aec20ecd2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).