Proposed Texas Firearm Legislation HB700
Legislation Overview
Title: Relating to the authority of a person who is licensed to carry a handgun to openly carry the handgun; providing penalties.
Subject: Weapons: CONCEALED HANDGUNS: PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF
Description: Relating to the authority of a person who is licensed to carry a handgun to openly carry the handgun; providing penalties.
Session: 83rd Legislature Regular Session
Last Action: Left pending in committee
Last Action Date: March 14, 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'.
23 sponsors: Lavender; Paddie;White;Larson;Burkett; Bonnen, Dennis; Bonnen, Greg;Capriglione;Cook;Fallon;Flynn;Gooden; Hughes; King, Phil; King, Susan; Krause;Laubenberg; Leach;Miller, Rick;Phillips;Simmons;Thompson;Toth
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 15% (23 of 150)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Mar 14, 2013 | Left pending in committee |
| House | Mar 14, 2013 | Considered in public hearing |
| House | Mar 14, 2013 | Committee substitute considered in committee |
| House | Mar 14, 2013 | Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee |
| House | Mar 14, 2013 | Scheduled for public hearing on . . . |
| House | Feb 18, 2013 | Read first time |
| House | Feb 18, 2013 | Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety |
| House | Jan 24, 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
