republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/88/sb-599.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 599"
citation: "Texas SB 599 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts--Judges (I0140)", "Courts--Personnel (I0155)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Birdwell", "Guillen", "Harris, Cody", "Orr"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 59
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a92b242-28fa-48cd-a54e-ac3ce8c175a5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 599.xml"
source_hash: "e69c90a81aa4b7a96a1737ef19f699915c50a76c39427ff7a9f4f7a9cafd57de"
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 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](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00599I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00599E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00599H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00599S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00599F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **29–2** (pass) · upper
- passage — **91–53** (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. — **29–1** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a92b242-28fa-48cd-a54e-ac3ce8c175a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).