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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the carrying of handguns by tactical medical professionals while on duty providing support to tactical units of law enforcement agencies."
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description: "Relating to the carrying of handguns by tactical medical professionals while on duty providing support to tactical units of law enforcement agencies."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "89R"
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identifier: "HB 4995"
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citation: "Texas HB 4995 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Health Care Providers (I0387)", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0986)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "PHYSICIANS (S1282)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "STAFF DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING (S0317)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Schwertner", "Wilson"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 52
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-03-13"
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last_action: "2025-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4da5117-64e8-4d25-9fd6-5f8b97e415ab"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04900_HB04999/HB 4995.xml"
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source_hash: "509ef8d5f01e34378e88d34bacdf0d1ff18e8324e93496524401acc52b9f476c"
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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 4995 (89R) — Relating to the carrying of handguns by tactical medical professionals while on duty providing support to tactical units of law enforcement agencies.
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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/89R/billtext/html/HB04995I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04995E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04995H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04995S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04995F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **118–22** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **126–15** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Schwertner — primary (person)
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- Wilson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-13** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-04-03** Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-23** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-23** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2025-04-23** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2025-04-23** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-04-30** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-30** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2025-04-30** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-05-05** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-05-08** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-05-10** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2025-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-12** Passed to engrossment
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- **2025-05-12** Record vote
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- **2025-05-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-13** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-13** Record vote
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- **2025-05-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-13** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-05-14** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2025-05-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-05-15** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-21** Posting rule suspended
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- **2025-05-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-05-22** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2025-05-22** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-05-25** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-25** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-05-25** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-05-28** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
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- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-05-28** Record vote
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- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-28** Record vote
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- **2025-05-29** Senate passage reported `passage`
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- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `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/c4da5117-64e8-4d25-9fd6-5f8b97e415ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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