Proposed Texas Firearm Legislation HB553
Legislation Overview
Title: Relating to firearms and the preservation of the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution; providing penalties.
Subject: Criminal Procedure: Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment: Legislature: State Employees: State Officers: Weapons: SECOND AMENDMENT PRESERVATION ACT: PEACE OFFICERS: PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF
Description: Relating to firearms and the preservation of the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution; providing penalties.
Session: 83rd Legislature Regular Session
Last Action: Left pending in committee
Last Action Date: March 13, 2013
Sponsors
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
63 sponsors: Otto; Aycock; Pitts; Darby;Keffer;Anderson, Charles "Doc";Ashby;Bell;Bohac; Bonnen, Dennis; Bonnen, Greg;Burkett; Capriglione;Cook;Dale;Davis, John; Davis, Sarah; Elkins;Fallon;Farney;Fletcher; Gonzales, Larry; Harless; Harper-Brown; Hilderbran; Huberty; Hughes; Isaac;Kacal;King, Ken;King, Susan; Kleinschmidt; Klick;Kolkhorst; Kuempel; Larson;Laubenberg; Lavender; Leach;Miller, Doug; Miller, Rick;Murphy;Orr; Paddie;Parker;Perry;Phillips;Price;Raney;Ratliff;Riddle; Ritter; Sanford;Sheffield, Ralph;Simpson; Smith;Springer;Stephenson;Thompson;Toth;White;Workman;Zerwas;
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 42% (63 of 150)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Mar 13, 2013 | Scheduled for public hearing on . . . |
| House | Mar 13, 2013 | Considered in public hearing |
| House | Mar 13, 2013 | Left pending in committee |
| House | Feb 13, 2013 | Read first time |
| House | Feb 13, 2013 | Referred to Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select |
| House | Jan 15, 2013 | Filed |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | not available | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
