republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/88/hb-165.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for an aggravated assault occurring as part of a mass shooting; increasing a criminal penalty."
description: "Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for an aggravated assault occurring as part of a mass shooting; increasing a criminal penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 165"
citation: "Texas HB 165 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen", "Johnson, Ann", "Kuempel", "Landgraf", "Ordaz", "Whitmire"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-11-14"
last_action: "2023-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10f3d0e6-da4d-4189-bbf1-63b32060584a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00100_HB00199/HB 165.xml"
source_hash: "e4a9e689a5be51d7cdffb30fb3da3e0f3ea9f913c81dd2860ed9ad1b23ca8f10"
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 165 (88) — Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for an aggravated assault occurring as part of a mass shooting; increasing a criminal penalty.

## 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/HB00165I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00165E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00165H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00165S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00165F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonnen — primary (person)
- Johnson, Ann — primary (person)
- Kuempel — primary (person)
- Landgraf — primary (person)
- Ordaz — primary (person)
- Whitmire — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
- Frazier — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Gámez — cosponsor (person)
- Harless — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
- Moody — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
- Raney — cosponsor (person)
- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
- Thimesch — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
- Walle — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-14** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Community Safety, Select `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-21** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-21** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-23** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-03-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-04** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-04** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-06** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-11** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-13** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-09** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-11** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-11** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-11** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-15** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-16** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-17** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-10** 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/10f3d0e6-da4d-4189-bbf1-63b32060584a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).