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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to a false statement made to illegally acquire a firearm; creating a criminal offense."
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description: "Relating to a false statement made to illegally acquire a firearm; creating a criminal offense."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "87"
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identifier: "SB 162"
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citation: "Texas SB 162 (87)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Geren"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 50
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2020-11-10"
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last_action: "2021-05-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4e4ee1b-f2c1-450d-bac4-39b704e36f4b"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00100_SB00199/SB 162.xml"
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source_hash: "f37ba12d31cda7a3496ecae1b4c53f545b93adee87a9a231a350448da7490f46"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas SB 162 (87) — Relating to a false statement made to illegally acquire a firearm; creating a criminal offense.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00162I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00162E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00162H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00162S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00162F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **117–12** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **24–7** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Blanco — primary (person)
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- Geren — primary (person)
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- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
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- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
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- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
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- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
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- Miles — cosponsor (person)
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- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
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- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
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- Powell — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-11-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
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- **2020-11-10** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-03-03** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2021-04-15** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-04-15** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2021-04-15** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-04-19** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-04-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-22** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2021-04-26** Co-author authorized
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- **2021-04-26** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-04-27** Not again placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-04-28** Co-author authorized
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- **2021-04-28** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-04-28** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2021-04-28** Record vote
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- **2021-04-28** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
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- **2021-04-28** Record vote
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- **2021-04-28** Three day rule suspended
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- **2021-04-28** Record vote
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- **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-28** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-28** Record vote
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- **2021-04-28** Reported engrossed
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- **2021-04-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2021-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-05-04** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-07** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2021-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2021-05-10** Committee report distributed
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- **2021-05-11** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2021-05-13** Laid out in lieu of companion
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- **2021-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-05-13** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2021-05-13** Record vote
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- **2021-05-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-14** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-14** Record vote
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- **2021-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-18** House passage reported
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- **2021-05-18** Reported enrolled
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- **2021-05-19** Signed in the Senate
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- **2021-05-19** Signed in the House
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- **2021-05-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-30** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-30** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4e4ee1b-f2c1-450d-bac4-39b704e36f4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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