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Proposed Texas Firearm Legislation HB318

Legislation Overview

Title: Relating to the establishment of grant programs to provide financial assistance to qualified sheriff's departments in certain rural counties.

Subject: County Government: County Government--Employees/Officers: Law Enforcement: Salaries & Expenses: State Finances: State Finances--Management & Control: RURAL: SHERIFFS: COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

Description: Relating to the establishment of grant programs to provide financial assistance to qualified sheriff's departments in certain rural counties.

Session: 89th Legislature Regular Session

Last Action: Referred to Finance

Last Action Date: May 5, 2025

History

Chamber	Date	Action
Senate	May 5, 2025	Read first time
Senate	May 5, 2025	Received from the House
Senate	May 5, 2025	Referred to Finance
House	May 1, 2025	Record vote RV#1120
House	May 1, 2025	Read 3rd time
House	May 1, 2025	Passed
House	May 1, 2025	Reported engrossed
House	May 1, 2025	Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
House	Apr 30, 2025	Read 2nd time
House	Apr 30, 2025	Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
House	Apr 30, 2025	Record vote RV#1076
House	Apr 30, 2025	Passed to engrossment as amended
House	Apr 30, 2025	Amended 1-Guillen
House	Apr 30, 2025	Placed on General State Calendar
House	Apr 28, 2025	Considered in Calendars
House	Apr 25, 2025	Committee report sent to Calendars
House	Apr 24, 2025	Committee report distributed
House	Apr 23, 2025	Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
House	Apr 7, 2025	Recalled from subcommittee
House	Apr 7, 2025	Reported favorably as substituted
House	Apr 7, 2025	Committee substitute considered in committee
House	Apr 7, 2025	Considered in formal meeting
House	Mar 10, 2025	Considered by s/c in public hearing
House	Mar 10, 2025	Left pending in subcommittee
House	Mar 10, 2025	Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
House	Mar 10, 2025	Committee substitute considered in s/c
House	Mar 10, 2025	Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
House	Feb 28, 2025	Read first time
House	Feb 28, 2025	Referred to s/c on County & Regional Government by Speaker
House	Nov 12, 2024	Filed

Texts

Type	Date	State Link	Text
Engrossed	May 1, 2025	state link	bill text
Comm Sub	Apr 24, 2025	state link	bill text
Introduced	Nov 12, 2024	state link	bill text

Amendments

Title	Description	Date	State Link	Text	Adopted
House Amendment (H 2) 1-Guillen	House Amendment (H 2) 1-Guillen	Apr 30, 2025	State Link	amendment text	Yes

Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

Description	Vote Date	Yea Votes	Nay Votes	No Votes	Absent	Passed
Amended RV#1076	04/30/2025	112	27	1	10	Yes
Alders, Daniel (R) Nay Allen, Alma (D) Yea Anchia, Rafael (D) Yea Ashby, Trent (R) Yea Barry, Jeffrey (R) Nay Bell, Cecil (R) Yea Bell, Keith (R) Yea Bernal, Diego (D) Absent Bhojani, Salman (D) Yea Bonnen, Greg (R) Yea Bowers, Rhetta (D) Yea Bryant, John (D) Yea Buckley, Bradley (R) Yea Bucy, John (D) Yea Bumgarner, Ben (R) Nay Burrows, Dustin (R) NV Button, Angie (R) Yea Cain, Briscoe (R) Nay Campos, Elizabeth (D) Yea Canales, Terry (D) Nay Capriglione, Giovanni (R) Yea Cole, Sheryl (D) Yea Collier, Nicole (D) Nay Cook, David (R) Nay Cortez, Philip (D) Yea Craddick, Tom (R) Yea Cunningham, Charles (R) Yea Curry, Pat (R) Yea Darby, Drew (R) Absent Davis, Aicha (D) Yea Davis, Yvonne (D) Yea DeAyala, Mano (R) Nay Dean, Valoree (R) Yea Dorazio, Mark (R) Nay Dutton, Harold (D) Yea Dyson, Paul (R) Yea Fairly, Caroline (R) Yea Flores, Maria (D) Yea Frank, James (R) Yea Gamez, Erin (D) Yea Garcia, Josey (D) Yea Garcia, Linda (D) Yea Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra (D) Yea Gates, Gary (R) Yea Gerdes, Stan (R) Yea Geren, Charlie (R) Yea Gervin-Hawkins, Barbara (D) Yea Gonzalez, Jessica (D) Yea Gonzalez, Mary (D) Yea Goodwin, Vikki (D) Nay Guerra, Robert (D) Yea Guillen, Ryan (D) Yea Harless, Sam (R) Yea Harris, Caroline (R) Yea Harris, Cody (R) Nay Harrison, Brian (R) Nay Hayes, Christian (D) Yea Hayes, Richard (R) Yea Hefner, Cole (R) Yea Hernandez, Ana (D) Yea Hickland, Hillary (R) Nay Hinojosa, Gina (D) Yea Holt, Janis (R) Absent Hopper, Andy (R) Nay Howard, Donna (D) Yea Hull, Lacey (R) Yea Hunter, Todd (R) Yea Isaac, Carrie (R) Nay Johnson, Ann (D) Yea Jones, Jolanda (D) Yea Jones, Venton (D) Yea Kerwin, Helen (R) Absent King, Ken (R) Yea Kitzman, Stan (R) Absent LaHood, Marc (R) Yea Lalani, Suleman (D) Yea Lambert, Stan (R) Yea Landgraf, Brooks (R) Yea Leach, Jeff (R) Yea Leo-Wilson, Terri (R) Yea Little, Mitch (R) Nay Longoria, Oscar (D) Yea Lopez, Janie (R) Yea Lopez, Ray (D) Yea Louderback, A.J. (R) Yea Lowe, David (R) Nay Lozano, J. M. (R) Yea Lujan, John (R) Yea Luther, Shelley (R) Nay Martinez, Armando (D) Yea Martinez Fischer, Trey (D) Yea McLaughlin, Don (R) Yea McQueeney, John (R) Yea Metcalf, William (R) Yea Meyer, Morgan (R) Yea Meza, Thresa (D) Yea Money, Brent (R) Nay Moody, Joseph (D) Yea Morales, Christina (D) Yea Morales, Eddie (D) Yea Morales Shaw, Penny (D) Yea Morgan, Matt (R) Yea Munoz, Sergio (D) Yea Noble, Candy (R) Yea Olcott, Mike (R) Nay Oliverson, Tom (R) Yea Ordaz Perez, Claudia (D) Yea Orr, Angelia (R) Absent Patterson, Jared (R) Yea Paul, Dennis (R) Yea Perez, Mary (D) Yea Perez, Vincent (D) Yea Phelan, Dade (R) Yea Pierson, Katrina (R) Yea Plesa, Mihaela (D) Yea Ramos, Ana-Maria (D) Yea Raymond, Richard (D) Yea Reynolds, Ron (D) Yea Richardson, Keresa (R) Nay Romero, Ramon (D) Yea Rose, Toni (D) Yea Rosenthal, Jon (D) Yea Schatzline, Nate (R) Nay Schofield, Mike (R) Yea Schoolcraft, Alan (R) Absent Shaheen, Matthew (R) Yea Shofner, Joanne (R) Absent Simmons, Lauren (D) Yea Slawson, Shelby (R) Nay Smithee, John (R) Yea Spiller, David (R) Yea Swanson, Valoree (R) Nay Talarico, James (D) Yea Tepper, Carl (R) Yea Thompson, Senfronia (D) Yea Tinderholt, Tony (R) Yea Toth, Steve (R) Nay Troxclair, Ellen (R) Yea Turner, Chris (D) Yea Vandeaver, Gary (R) Yea Vasut, Cody (R) Nay Villalobos, Denise (R) Yea Virdell, Wesley (R) Absent Vo, Hubert (D) Absent Walle, Armando (D) Yea Ward Johnson, Charlene (D) Yea Wharton, Trey (R) Yea Wilson, Terry (R) Nay Wu, Eugene (D) Yea Zwiener, Erin (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Read 3rd time RV#1120	05/1/2025	112	25	1	12	Yes
Alders, Daniel (R) Nay Allen, Alma (D) Yea Anchia, Rafael (D) Yea Ashby, Trent (R) Yea Barry, Jeffrey (R) Yea Bell, Cecil (R) Yea Bell, Keith (R) Yea Bernal, Diego (D) Yea Bhojani, Salman (D) Yea Bonnen, Greg (R) Absent Bowers, Rhetta (D) Yea Bryant, John (D) Yea Buckley, Bradley (R) Yea Bucy, John (D) Yea Bumgarner, Ben (R) Nay Burrows, Dustin (R) NV Button, Angie (R) Yea Cain, Briscoe (R) Nay Campos, Elizabeth (D) Yea Canales, Terry (D) Nay Capriglione, Giovanni (R) Yea Cole, Sheryl (D) Yea Collier, Nicole (D) Yea Cook, David (R) Nay Cortez, Philip (D) Yea Craddick, Tom (R) Yea Cunningham, Charles (R) Yea Curry, Pat (R) Yea Darby, Drew (R) Yea Davis, Aicha (D) Yea Davis, Yvonne (D) Yea DeAyala, Mano (R) Yea Dean, Valoree (R) Yea Dorazio, Mark (R) Yea Dutton, Harold (D) Yea Dyson, Paul (R) Yea Fairly, Caroline (R) Yea Flores, Maria (D) Yea Frank, James (R) Yea Gamez, Erin (D) Yea Garcia, Josey (D) Yea Garcia, Linda (D) Yea Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra (D) Yea Gates, Gary (R) Yea Gerdes, Stan (R) Yea Geren, Charlie (R) Yea Gervin-Hawkins, Barbara (D) Yea Gonzalez, Jessica (D) Yea Gonzalez, Mary (D) Yea Goodwin, Vikki (D) Yea Guerra, Robert (D) Yea Guillen, Ryan (D) Yea Harless, Sam (R) Yea Harris, Caroline (R) Nay Harris, Cody (R) Yea Harrison, Brian (R) Nay Hayes, Christian (D) Yea Hayes, Richard (R) Yea Hefner, Cole (R) Yea Hernandez, Ana (D) Absent Hickland, Hillary (R) Nay Hinojosa, Gina (D) Yea Holt, Janis (R) Absent Hopper, Andy (R) Nay Howard, Donna (D) Yea Hull, Lacey (R) Absent Hunter, Todd (R) Yea Isaac, Carrie (R) Nay Johnson, Ann (D) Yea Jones, Jolanda (D) Yea Jones, Venton (D) Yea Kerwin, Helen (R) Yea King, Ken (R) Absent Kitzman, Stan (R) Yea LaHood, Marc (R) Yea Lalani, Suleman (D) Yea Lambert, Stan (R) Yea Landgraf, Brooks (R) Yea Leach, Jeff (R) Yea Leo-Wilson, Terri (R) Absent Little, Mitch (R) Yea Longoria, Oscar (D) Yea Lopez, Janie (R) Yea Lopez, Ray (D) Yea Louderback, A.J. (R) Yea Lowe, David (R) Nay Lozano, J. M. (R) Yea Lujan, John (R) Yea Luther, Shelley (R) Nay Martinez, Armando (D) Yea Martinez Fischer, Trey (D) Yea McLaughlin, Don (R) Yea McQueeney, John (R) Absent Metcalf, William (R) Absent Meyer, Morgan (R) Yea Meza, Thresa (D) Yea Money, Brent (R) Nay Moody, Joseph (D) Yea Morales, Christina (D) Yea Morales, Eddie (D) Yea Morales Shaw, Penny (D) Yea Morgan, Matt (R) Yea Munoz, Sergio (D) Yea Noble, Candy (R) Yea Olcott, Mike (R) Nay Oliverson, Tom (R) Nay Ordaz Perez, Claudia (D) Yea Orr, Angelia (R) Yea Patterson, Jared (R) Yea Paul, Dennis (R) Yea Perez, Mary (D) Yea Perez, Vincent (D) Yea Phelan, Dade (R) Yea Pierson, Katrina (R) Nay Plesa, Mihaela (D) Yea Ramos, Ana-Maria (D) Yea Raymond, Richard (D) Yea Reynolds, Ron (D) Yea Richardson, Keresa (R) Nay Romero, Ramon (D) Yea Rose, Toni (D) Yea Rosenthal, Jon (D) Yea Schatzline, Nate (R) Nay Schofield, Mike (R) Yea Schoolcraft, Alan (R) Nay Shaheen, Matthew (R) Yea Shofner, Joanne (R) Nay Simmons, Lauren (D) Yea Slawson, Shelby (R) Yea Smithee, John (R) Absent Spiller, David (R) Yea Swanson, Valoree (R) Nay Talarico, James (D) Absent Tepper, Carl (R) Yea Thompson, Senfronia (D) Absent Tinderholt, Tony (R) Yea Toth, Steve (R) Nay Troxclair, Ellen (R) Yea Turner, Chris (D) Absent Vandeaver, Gary (R) Yea Vasut, Cody (R) Nay Villalobos, Denise (R) Yea Virdell, Wesley (R) Nay Vo, Hubert (D) Yea Walle, Armando (D) Yea Ward Johnson, Charlene (D) Yea Wharton, Trey (R) Yea Wilson, Terry (R) Nay Wu, Eugene (D) Yea Zwiener, Erin (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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