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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to municipal and county firearm buyback programs."
description: "Relating to municipal and county firearm buyback programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 3053"
citation: "Texas HB 3053 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--General (I0060)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Cain", "Hall", "Hickland", "Louderback", "Virdell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-19"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63e2d476-0f08-4c7e-83b2-f67be1f519f0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03000_HB03099/HB 3053.xml"
source_hash: "672f58a1d5f724e9ad71febccc9b99b0aba82955af6467984b946a3759837b6b"
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 3053 (89R) — Relating to municipal and county firearm buyback programs.
## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB03053I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03053E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03053H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03053S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03053F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **8556** (pass) · lower
- passage — **9049** (pass) · lower
- passage — **8156** (pass) · lower
- passage — **2011** (pass) · upper
- passage — **2011** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ashby — primary (person)
- Cain — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Hickland — primary (person)
- Louderback — primary (person)
- Virdell — primary (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Dorazio — cosponsor (person)
- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa, Adam — cosponsor (person)
- Hopper — cosponsor (person)
- Hull — cosponsor (person)
- Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Leo Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Little — cosponsor (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- Luther — cosponsor (person)
- McLaughlin — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Money — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Pierson — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Schatzline — cosponsor (person)
- Shofner — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-19** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-20** Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-14** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-14** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-30** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-07** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-09** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-12** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-05-12** Record vote
- **2025-05-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-13** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-13** Record vote
- **2025-05-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-13** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-14** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-19** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-05-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-22** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-26** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-28** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-28** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63e2d476-0f08-4c7e-83b2-f67be1f519f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).