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Bill Relating to the carrying or possession of a handgun by a district or county clerk and the issuance of a handgun license to a district or county clerk. Relating to the carrying or possession of a handgun by a district or county clerk and the issuance of a handgun license to a district or county clerk. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 88 SB 599 Texas SB 599 (88)
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Guillen
Harris, Cody
Orr
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Texas SB 599 (88) — Relating to the carrying or possession of a handgun by a district or county clerk and the issuance of a handgun license to a district or county clerk.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  3. House Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • passage — 292 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 9153 (pass) · lower
  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 599 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — 291 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Anderson — primary (person)
  • Birdwell — primary (person)
  • Guillen — primary (person)
  • Harris, Cody — primary (person)
  • Orr — primary (person)
  • Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
  • Frazier — cosponsor (person)
  • Hughes — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-01-25 Received by the Secretary of the Senate filing, introduction
  • 2023-01-25 Filed filing
  • 2023-02-17 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-02-17 Referred to State Affairs referral-committee
  • 2023-02-27 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2023-02-27 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-02-27 Testimony taken in committee
  • 2023-02-27 Vote taken in committee
  • 2023-03-01 Reported favorably w/o amendments committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-03-01 Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
  • 2023-03-01 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2023-03-08 Co-author authorized
  • 2023-03-15 Co-author authorized
  • 2023-03-15 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2023-03-16 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2023-03-16 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-03-16 Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment reading-2
  • 2023-03-16 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-03-16 Three day rule suspended
  • 2023-03-16 Record vote
  • 2023-03-16 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-03-16 Passed passage
  • 2023-03-16 Record vote
  • 2023-03-16 Reported engrossed
  • 2023-03-20 Received from the Senate introduction
  • 2023-04-10 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-04-10 Referred to Community Safety, Select referral-committee
  • 2023-04-18 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-04-18 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  • 2023-04-18 Left pending in committee
  • 2023-04-20 Considered in formal meeting
  • 2023-04-20 Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-04-27 Considered in formal meeting
  • 2023-04-27 Vote reconsidered in committee
  • 2023-04-27 Committee substitute considered in committee substitution
  • 2023-04-27 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-05-06 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator filing
  • 2023-05-07 Committee report distributed
  • 2023-05-08 Committee report sent to Calendars
  • 2023-05-12 Considered in Calendars
  • 2023-05-16 Placed on General State Calendar
  • 2023-05-16 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2023-05-16 Passed to 3rd reading
  • 2023-05-17 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-05-17 Passed passage
  • 2023-05-17 Record vote
  • 2023-05-17 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-05-17 House passage as amended reported amendment-passage
  • 2023-05-22 House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
  • 2023-05-22 Read
  • 2023-05-22 Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
  • 2023-05-22 Record vote
  • 2023-05-22 Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
  • 2023-05-22 Reported enrolled enrolled
  • 2023-05-24 Signed in the Senate passage
  • 2023-05-25 Signed in the House passage
  • 2023-05-25 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2023-06-18 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2023-06-18 Effective on 9/1/23 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3a92b242-28fa-48cd-a54e-ac3ce8c175a5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).