republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/87/hb-4346.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the possession, carrying, or transportation of a firearm or alcoholic beverage by certain persons during the use of an easement."
description: "Relating to the possession, carrying, or transportation of a firearm or alcoholic beverage by certain persons during the use of an easement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 4346"
citation: "Texas HB 4346 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverage Regulation (I0025)", "RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS (S0299)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cain", "Leman", "Paul", "Schofield", "Springer", "Vasut"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 59
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-03-12"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a1d97e6-e047-4864-a067-f0470d7112d5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04300_HB04399/HB 4346.xml"
source_hash: "c00154bd1b505f917e8e14022b9e33a8884263eaebb5e84ea36e4e39f5812b29"
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 4346 (87) — Relating to the possession, carrying, or transportation of a firearm or alcoholic beverage by certain persons during the use of an easement.

## 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/HB04346I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04346E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04346H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04346S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04346F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **88–56** (pass) · lower
- other — **119–24** (fail) · upper
- passage — **22–9** (pass) · upper
- passage — **22–9** (pass) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **119–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cain — primary (person)
- Leman — primary (person)
- Paul — primary (person)
- Schofield — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)
- Vasut — primary (person)
- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-12** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-29** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-15** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-15** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-21** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-26** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-27** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-30** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-04** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-04** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-05-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-05** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-05** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-05** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **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** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-21** Record vote
- **2021-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-21** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-21** Record vote
- **2021-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** 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/7a1d97e6-e047-4864-a067-f0470d7112d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).