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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to prohibiting a person or entity from surveilling, reporting, or tracking the purchase of firearms, ammunition, and accessories through the use of certain merchant category codes; imposing a civil penalty."
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description: "Relating to prohibiting a person or entity from surveilling, reporting, or tracking the purchase of firearms, ammunition, and accessories through the use of certain merchant category codes; imposing a civil penalty."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "88"
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identifier: "HB 2837"
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citation: "Texas HB 2837 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "CREDIT & DEBIT CARDS (S0388)", "Financial--General (I0365)", "SECOND AMENDMENT FINANCIAL PRIVACY ACT (PL1OG)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Capriglione", "Noble", "Schaefer", "Schwertner"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 66
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-02-24"
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last_action: "2023-06-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c361266-b369-4020-a045-6bd7fb58f1bf"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02800_HB02899/HB 2837.xml"
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source_hash: "df01c370d914b11cf4d48771730e8ba789dc7d7cf24cf621feaf3ed43783223a"
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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 HB 2837 (88) — Relating to prohibiting a person or entity from surveilling, reporting, or tracking the purchase of firearms, ammunition, and accessories through the use of certain merchant category codes; imposing a civil penalty.
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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/88R/billtext/html/HB02837I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02837E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02837H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02837S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02837F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **25–6** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **89–56** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **85–56** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Capriglione — primary (person)
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- Noble — primary (person)
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- Schaefer — primary (person)
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- Schwertner — primary (person)
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- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
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- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
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- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
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- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
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- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
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- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
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- Hall — cosponsor (person)
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- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
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- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
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- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
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- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
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- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
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- Springer — cosponsor (person)
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- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
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- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
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- Thimesch — cosponsor (person)
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- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-24** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-14** Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-04-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2023-04-05** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-04-13** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2023-04-13** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2023-04-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-04-24** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-04-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2023-04-28** Considered in Calendars
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- **2023-05-02** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-02** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
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- **2023-05-02** Record vote
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- **2023-05-02** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
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- **2023-05-02** Record vote
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- **2023-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-02** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
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- **2023-05-02** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
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- **2023-05-02** Record vote
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- **2023-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-02** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
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- **2023-05-02** Passed to engrossment
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- **2023-05-02** Record vote
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- **2023-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-03** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-03** Record vote
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- **2023-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-03** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-05-04** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2023-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-05-05** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-05-15** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-05-15** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2023-05-15** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-16** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2023-05-18** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2023-05-18** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2023-05-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2023-05-19** Record vote
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- **2023-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-19** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-05-19** Point of order
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- **2023-05-19** Point of order sustained
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- **2023-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2023-05-19** Record vote
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- **2023-05-19** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-05-19** Record vote
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- **2023-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-19** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-19** Record vote
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- **2023-05-19** Senate passage reported `passage`
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- **2023-05-20** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-23** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-10** Effective on 9/1/23 `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/1c361266-b369-4020-a045-6bd7fb58f1bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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