House committee
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Committee members
Bills pending in this committee
HB1108
Relating to motorcycle profiling by peace officers.
May 7, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB5293
Relating to the establishment of the Texas forensic analyst apprenticeship pilot program.
April 30, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB4993
Relating to the improvement of health, fitness, and readiness of the Texas military forces.
April 30, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB4956
Relating to requiring a certification for peace officers to conduct certain polygraph examinations.
April 30, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB3649
Relating to compensation and leave for certain peace officers.
April 30, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2956
Relating to a central database containing information about certain persons who have been convicted of or received a grant of deferred adjudication community supervision for certain offenses involving family violence and related notice requirements; creating a criminal offense.
April 30, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2609
Relating to prohibiting the denial of a driver's license renewal for failure to appear in court, failure to pay a fine or cost, or failure to satisfy a judgment.
April 23, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2101
Relating to a study on unreported gunshots detected using gunshot detection technology.
April 23, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB1455
Relating to the collection and reporting of information regarding mental health jail diversion.
April 23, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB3789
Relating to the issuance of a license to carry a handgun to certain active and retired judicial officers.
April 14, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2771
Relating to the possession of a firearm by persons convicted of certain felony offenses.
April 14, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB259
Relating to the prohibition of short-barrel firearms.
April 14, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2470
Relating to the age at which a person not otherwise prohibited by state or federal law from possessing a firearm may carry a handgun or is eligible for a license to carry a handgun.
April 14, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB1337
Relating to the recognition of a handgun license issued by another state.
April 14, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2034
Relating to the issuance of groundwater permits to certain aliens or foreign entities.
April 9, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB5591
Relating to opioid overdose training for peace officers.
April 7, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB5432
Relating to the dissemination by the Department of Public Safety of criminal history record information to consumer reporting agencies.
April 7, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB5416
Relating to a prohibition on carrying a firearm across the international border of this state into Mexico; creating a criminal offense.
April 7, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB5399
Relating to certain criminal offenses concerning the unlawful transfer or purchase of certain weapons; increasing a criminal penalty.
April 7, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB5345
Relating to the regulation of metal recycling entities.
April 7, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB5328
Relating to the installation of advanced x-ray inspection technology systems at certain Texas-Mexico border crossings.
April 7, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB5324
Relating to driver's license office appointments.
April 7, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB5309
Relating to the establishment of the local 9-1-1 response fund and grant program.
April 7, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB5283
Relating to the operations of the Texas Military Department.
April 7, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB5239
Relating to requiring certain governmental entities to allow interested persons to comment on the proposed adoption or revision of certain emergency management plans.
April 7, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB5189
Relating to instructional materials developed for police chiefs by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement on issues specific to women in law enforcement.
April 7, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB5176
Relating to the retired members of the Texas State Guard.
April 7, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB5068
Relating to the creation of a Texas conditional driver's permit, provisional Texas conditional driver's permit, and Texas conditional learner permit; authorizing a fee.
April 7, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB5059
Relating to criminal conduct involving a catalytic converter removed from a motor vehicle; creating a criminal offense.
April 7, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB5054
Relating to the open carrying of a handgun by a uniformed school marshal.
April 7, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB5041
Relating to the unlawful possession of a firearm by a person not lawfully present in the United States; creating a criminal offense.
April 3, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB5025
Relating to the carrying of certain weapons on the premises of a public library; creating a criminal offense.
April 3, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB4954
Relating to the composition of the advisory committee for metal recycling entities.
April 3, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB4948
Relating to the establishment of a law enforcement academy in Eagle Pass.
April 3, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB4900
Relating to prohibiting the investment of state money in certain countries and in certain private business entities in those countries.
April 3, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB4843
Relating to a study conducted by the Texas Division of Emergency Management regarding the process for obtaining disaster-related financial assistance.
April 3, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB4818
Relating to the creation of an enhanced license designation for a license to carry a handgun and the locations in which the holder of that enhanced license may carry a handgun.
April 3, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB4808
Relating to the carrying of weapons by staff in medical facilities.
April 3, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB4796
Relating to the evaluation of the physical fitness of certain peace officers.
April 3, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB4794
Relating to active shooter training for peace officers.
April 3, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB4793
Relating to a Texas Commission on Law Enforcement advisory committee regarding active shooter response training for peace officers.
April 3, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB4791
Relating to the waiver of certain minimum standards for law enforcement agencies based on financial hardship.
April 3, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB4776
Relating to a central database containing information about persons who have been convicted of or received a grant of deferred adjudication community supervision after pleading guilty for certain offenses involving animal cruelty; creating a criminal offense.
April 3, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB4714
Relating to the testing of evidence for controlled substances by the Department of Public Safety.
April 3, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB4711
Relating to the confidentiality of information used to prevent, detect, respond to, or investigate a hostile act of a foreign adversary of the United States.
April 3, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB4649
Relating to the investigation and reporting of certain motor vehicle collisions.
April 3, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB4616
Relating to creating the criminal offenses of transnational repression and unauthorized enforcement of foreign law and to a study and law enforcement training regarding transnational repression.
April 3, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB4606
Relating to interests in real property held or acquired by or on behalf of certain foreign individuals or entities and the authority of the attorney general to acquire the property by eminent domain; establishing the homeland security review committee; creating a criminal offense.
April 3, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB4602
Relating to the establishment of grant programs within the criminal justice division of the Office of the Governor to reduce investigatory and criminal case backlogs.
April 3, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB4597
Relating to interests in real property held or acquired by or on behalf of certain foreign individuals or entities and the authority of the attorney general to acquire the property by eminent domain; establishing the homeland security review committee; creating a criminal offense.
April 3, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB4493
Relating to the duty of a peace officer to use a standardized lethality assessment protocol when investigating a family violence allegation or responding to a disturbance call that may involve family violence; providing training requirements for peace officers and reporting requirements for the Department of Public Safety.
April 3, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB4474
Relating to the appearance of a personal identification certificate or driver's license issued to persons who are not citizens of the United States.
April 3, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB4451
Relating to possessing, manufacturing, transporting, repairing, or selling a machine gun.
April 3, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2318
Relating to the establishment of a statewide human trafficking data repository within the office of the attorney general and to reporting of human trafficking data to the office of the attorney general and by the attorney general.
April 2, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB17
Relating to the purchase of or acquisition of title to real property by certain aliens or foreign entities; creating a criminal offense.
April 2, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB4372
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of unlawful transfer of certain weapons.
April 1, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB4304
Relating to the licensing of certain persons by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement and the hiring of those persons by political subdivisions.
April 1, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB4267
Relating to the submission by law enforcement agencies to certain public school personnel of a handle with care notice concerning a traumatic event experienced by a public school student and to certain required training regarding those notices.
April 1, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB4220
Relating to the creation of a committee to review education and training programs on de-escalation and crisis intervention techniques for peace officers.
March 31, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB4216
Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of a machine gun or a machine gun conversion device.
March 31, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB4195
Relating to contracts with and the acceptance of money from certain foreign sources by public schools and public institutions of higher education; providing administrative penalties.
March 31, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB4159
Relating to prohibiting the manufacture, assembly, or ownership of unmarked firearms and other conduct involving certain firearms and component parts of firearms; creating criminal offenses; authorizing a fee.
March 31, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB4141
Relating to certain offenses that are associated with possessing, carrying, exhibiting, or using a firearm on or within 1,000 feet of school property.
March 27, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB4017
Relating to the carrying of handguns on the campuses of and certain other locations associated with institutions of higher education.
March 27, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB3876
Relating to the definition of firearm for purposes of certain criminal offenses.
March 27, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB1836
Relating to a study and report by the General Land Office on private landowner participation in border security.
March 26, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB3696
Relating to the provision by railroad companies of hazardous material incident training to certain fire and emergency medical personnel and peace officers.
March 25, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB3584
Relating to the carrying of a handgun by certain persons between 18 and 21 years of age.
March 25, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB3577
Relating to the creation of a grant program to assist local law enforcement agencies in solving violent and sexual offenses.
March 25, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB3541
Relating to certain criminal offenses concerning the unlawful transfer or purchase of certain weapons; increasing a criminal penalty.
March 24, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB3436
Relating to the definition of a child for purposes of the offense of making a firearm accessible to a child.
March 21, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB3419
Relating to the establishment of the Texas Do-Not-Sell Registry for firearms.
March 21, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB3343
Relating to the duties of peace officers investigating a family violence allegation or responding to a disturbance call that may involve family violence.
March 21, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB3238
Relating to an optional health condition or disability designation on a driver's license or personal identification certificate.
March 20, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB3119
Relating to the preservation of evidence collected from a forensic medical examination for certain sexual assaults.
March 20, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB3107
Relating to the development of a model policy by the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System for the enforcement and implementation of state laws regarding certain persons prohibited by law from possessing a firearm or ammunition.
March 20, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB3065
Relating to the disposition of a firearm surrendered through a firearm buyback program administered by certain local law enforcement agencies.
March 20, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB3049
Relating to the designation of animal control officers as first responders.
March 20, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2982
Relating to law enforcement policies prohibiting a peace officer from using less lethal projectiles for the purpose of controlling the activity or movement of a gathering of people.
March 20, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2961
Relating to access under the public information law to certain information held by a law enforcement agency or prosecutor.
March 20, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2912
Relating to a prohibition on engaging in lobbying activities on behalf of a foreign adversary; providing a civil penalty.
March 19, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2823
Relating to establishing a grant program for qualified medical expenses of retired law enforcement dogs.
March 19, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2769
Relating to prohibiting the transfer of certain semiautomatic rifles to certain recipients; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
March 19, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2759
Relating to the unlawful possession of a firearm by a person convicted of certain felony offenses.
March 19, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2752
Relating to the purchase of or acquisition of title to real property by certain aliens or foreign entities.
March 19, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2727
Relating to the creation of certain criminal offenses concerning firearm sales at gun shows.
March 18, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2700
Relating to the definition of holster for purposes of certain criminal offenses.
March 18, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2660
Relating to the requirement to obtain certification and continuing education for certain public information officers.
March 18, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2656
Relating to motor vehicle stops by a peace officer operating an unmarked law enforcement motor vehicle.
March 18, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2650
Relating to the reporting of certain orders and convictions to the Department of Public Safety and Federal Bureau of Investigation for use with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System for the transfer of firearms.
March 18, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2648
Relating to the use of deadly force to make an arrest.
March 18, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2629
Relating to requiring a person convicted of an offense involving family violence or a person who is the subject of a protective order to surrender firearms owned by the person; authorizing a fee.
March 18, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2606
Relating to the unlawful acquisition, purchase, and transfer of certain weapons; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
March 18, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HJR127
Proposing a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right of every person to keep and bear arms.
March 17, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2595
Relating to prohibiting certain dealings with foreign adversaries by public schools and public institutions of higher education; providing civil penalties; creating criminal offenses.
March 17, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2571
Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of unlawful carrying of certain weapons and unlawful transfer of certain weapons.
March 17, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2549
Relating to the inclusion of a person's sex on driver's licenses, commercial driver's licenses, commercial learner's permits, and personal identification certificates.
March 17, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2536
Relating to the purchase of or acquisition of title to real property by certain aliens or foreign entities; creating a criminal offense.
March 17, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2527
Relating to prohibiting lobbyists from representing certain aliens or foreign entities, providing a criminal penalty.
March 17, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2393
Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of certain devices intended to modify handguns.
March 14, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2389
Relating to prohibiting the purchase of or acquisition of title to real property by and contracts or other agreements with certain aliens or foreign entities.
March 14, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2382
Relating to the unlawful transfer or purchase of certain weapons; creating a criminal offense.
March 14, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2381
Relating to the reporting of lost or stolen firearms; creating a criminal offense.
March 14, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2380
Relating to prohibiting the transfer of firearms to certain recipients.
March 14, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2373
Relating to the issuance of an original, renewal, corrected, or duplicate driver's license.
March 14, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2366
Relating to the applicability to election judges of a prohibition on the carrying of a concealed handgun at a polling place.
March 14, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2356
Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of certain devices intended to modify handguns.
March 14, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2331
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of smuggling of persons.
March 14, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2307
Relating to the establishment of a grant program to assist law enforcement agencies in collecting DNA samples from defendants arrested for a felony offense.
March 14, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2250
Relating to the criminal offense of making a firearm accessible to a child.
March 14, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2241
Relating to firearms; authorizing a private civil right of action.
March 14, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2161
Relating to federal firearm reporting for persons recently released from emergency detention.
March 14, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2096
Relating to the notification of a peace officer through an indication associated with vehicle registration that a person has a health condition or disability that may impede effective communication.
March 14, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2090
Relating to establishment of the disaster identification system for a declared state of disaster.
March 14, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2089
Relating to the notification of a peace officer through an indication associated with vehicle registration that the vehicle owner may be transporting a person with a disability.
March 14, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2083
Relating to the use of automatic license plate reader systems.
March 14, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2069
Relating to a parent's right to intervene in the apprehension by a peace officer of a child for an emergency detention and certain requirements and restrictions applicable to an emergency detention.
March 14, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB2047
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of making a firearm accessible to a child.
March 14, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB1995
Relating to the notification of a peace officer through an indication associated with vehicle registration that the vehicle owner may be transporting a person with a disability.
March 14, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB1956
Relating to the seizure of firearms by a peace officer during the emergency detention of certain persons who may have a mental illness.
March 14, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB1923
Relating to removing the requirement that an applicant for or holder of a license to carry a handgun provide fingerprints.
March 14, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB1849
Relating to the purchase of or acquisition of title to real property by certain aliens or foreign entities; creating a criminal offense.
March 14, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB1839
Relating to the iWatchTexas community reporting system administered by the Department of Public Safety and a monetary reward program for certain information on suspicious or criminal activity reported through that system; creating criminal offenses.
March 14, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB1739
Relating to the notice given by a property owner prohibiting certain persons from carrying certain firearms on the property.
March 14, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB1692
Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of unlawful transfer of a firearm.
March 12, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB1599
Relating to a handgun safety course required for the transfer of a handgun.
March 12, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB1566
Relating to the purchase of or acquisition of title to real property by certain foreign entities.
March 12, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB1561
Relating to the licensing of legal permanent residents as county jailers by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement and the hiring of those legal permanent residents by political subdivisions.
March 12, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB1556
Relating to prohibiting the transfer of certain semiautomatic rifles to certain recipients; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
March 12, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB1487
Relating to the removal of a fee for the issuance of an original, duplicate, modified, or renewed license to carry a handgun.
March 11, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB1472
Relating to the provision in the Nepali language of application forms and an alternate examination for a driver's license.
March 11, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB1371
Relating to the dissemination of criminal history record information by the Department of Public Safety concerning certain intoxication offenses.
March 11, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB1352
Relating to a law enforcement agency policy regarding the discharge of a firearm by a peace officer at or in the direction of a moving vehicle.
March 11, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HJR93
Proposing a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right of every person to keep and bear arms.
March 10, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB1303
Relating to certain criminal offenses involving illegal entry into or illegal presence in this state by a person who is an alien, including the enforcement of those offenses; increasing criminal penalties.
March 10, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB1274
Relating to intelligence databases for combinations, criminal street gangs, and foreign terrorist organizations.
March 10, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB1270
Relating to the unlawful possession of a firearm by persons convicted of certain misdemeanor offenses in this state.
March 10, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB1205
Relating to the attempted acquisition of a firearm by a person prohibited from possessing a firearm.
March 10, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB1170
Relating to analysis and mitigation of transportation security threats in this state.
March 7, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB1168
Relating to a study by the Texas Division of Emergency Management of the potential effects of droughts and wildfires in this state.
March 7, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB1150
Relating to prohibiting the transfer of certain semiautomatic rifles to certain recipients; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
March 7, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB1144
Relating to state and local government disaster preparedness.
March 7, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB1138
Relating to the authority of a municipality or county to regulate or prohibit the carrying of a firearm on the premises of certain libraries.
March 7, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB1120
Relating to the purchase or acquisition by metal recycling entities of catalytic converters removed from a motor vehicle; imposing an administrative penalty.
March 7, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB1112
Relating to the licensing of certain persons by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement and the hiring of those persons by political subdivisions.
March 7, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB1068
Relating to law enforcement reports concerning certain arrest information of persons who are not lawfully present in the United States.
March 7, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB1040
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of possessing or carrying certain weapons in certain facilities or residences providing services to individuals with an intellectual disability or a developmental disability.
March 7, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB961
Relating to the use of automatic license plate readers by a law enforcement agency.
March 6, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB956
Relating to the reporting of certain orders and convictions to the Department of Public Safety and Federal Bureau of Investigation for use with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System for the transfer of firearms.
March 6, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB925
Relating to the applicability of a defense to prosecution for an offense relating to carrying a handgun in certain prohibited locations and to repealing associated notice requirements.
March 6, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB909
Relating to law enforcement misconduct and law enforcement interactions with certain detained or arrested individuals and other members of the public, to public entity liability for those interactions, and to the confinement, conviction, or release of detained or arrested individuals.
March 6, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB902
Relating to the powers and duties of peace officers.
March 6, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB896
Relating to the prohibition on the use of a neck restraint by a peace officer during a search or arrest.
March 6, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB889
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of making a firearm accessible to a child; increasing a criminal penalty.
March 6, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB888
Relating to the duty of a peace officer to request and render aid for an injured person.
March 6, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB883
Relating to requiring a licensed firearms dealer to report certain sales or transfers of multiple firearms or firearm magazines to law enforcement; creating a criminal offense.
March 6, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB877
Relating to prohibiting the transfer of certain firearm magazines to certain recipients; creating a criminal offense.
March 6, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HCR51
Demanding that Congress reimburse the State of Texas for the costs incurred in securing the southern border.
March 5, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HCR11
Directing the Texas Department of Public Safety to consider opening a Driver License Mega Center in Magnolia.
March 5, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB874
Relating to requiring a licensed firearms dealer to report certain sales or transfers of multiple semiautomatic rifles to law enforcement; creating a criminal offense.
March 5, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB857
Relating to requiring certain persons prohibited by law from owning, possessing, or controlling a firearm to dispose of firearms owned, possessed, or controlled by the person.
March 5, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB834
Relating to limiting the locations where a person may carry a firearm other than a handgun in certain counties; creating a criminal offense.
March 5, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB828
Relating to the creation of certain criminal offenses concerning firearm sales at gun shows; authorizing a fee.
March 5, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB808
Relating to the creation of certain criminal offenses concerning firearm sales at gun shows.
March 5, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB770
Relating to prohibiting a sex offender from possessing a firearm.
March 5, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB765
Relating to liability insurance certain peace officers obtain for damages resulting from the officers' misconduct.
March 5, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB737
Relating to the use of dynamic message signs for the Keep 'Em Safe Texas Gun Storage Campaign.
March 5, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB711
Relating to the prohibition on the possession of a firearm by a person following the person's conviction of certain family violence misdemeanors.
March 4, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB682
Relating to the creation of certain criminal offenses concerning firearm sales at gun shows.
March 4, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB680
Relating to a law enforcement agency policy regarding drug and alcohol testing of peace officers involved in certain injuries or deaths.
March 4, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB656
Relating to law enforcement policies regarding the issuance of citations for misdemeanors punishable by fine only and to a limitation on the authority to arrest a person for certain fine-only misdemeanors.
March 4, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB639
Relating to the inclusion by a licensed firearms dealer of a firearm safety device or secure firearm storage device and certain information with the transfer of a firearm.
March 4, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB623
Relating to creating a criminal offense for the unlawful transfer of a semiautomatic rifle.
March 4, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB601
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of making a firearm accessible to a child.
March 4, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB579
Relating to prohibiting the transfer of semiautomatic rifles to certain recipients; increasing a criminal penalty.
March 3, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB566
Relating to required proof of lawful presence in the United States for issuance of a driver's license.
March 3, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB547
Relating to the reporting of lost or stolen firearms; creating a criminal offense.
March 3, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB529
Relating to eligibility for the bulletproof vest and body armor grant program.
March 3, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB498
Relating to requiring a person convicted of an offense involving family violence or a person who is the subject of a family violence protective order to surrender firearms owned by the person.
February 28, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB486
Relating to prohibiting the publication of certain criminal record information of individuals involved in the criminal justice system.
February 28, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB481
Relating to creating a criminal offense for the unlawful possession or transfer of a large-capacity magazine.
February 28, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB479
Relating to requiring a licensed firearms dealer to report certain sales or transfers of multiple rifles to law enforcement; creating a criminal offense.
February 28, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB461
Relating to the regulation of certain firearm transfers; creating criminal offenses.
February 28, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB443
Relating to creating a criminal offense for the unlawful possession or transfer of an assault weapon.
February 28, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB440
Relating to requiring certain alert messages to be in English and Spanish.
February 28, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB432
Relating to requiring a national instant criminal background check in connection with private firearm transfers; creating a criminal offense.
February 28, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB402
Relating to the purchase of or acquisition of title to real property by certain aliens or foreign entities.
February 28, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB397
Relating to requiring a national instant criminal background check in connection with private firearm transfers; creating a criminal offense.
February 28, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB396
Relating to the prohibition on the possession of a firearm by a person following the person's conviction of certain family violence misdemeanors.
February 28, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB384
Relating to prohibiting the transfer of certain semiautomatic rifles to certain recipients; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
February 28, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB352
Relating to prohibiting the transfer of firearms to certain recipients.
February 28, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB313
Relating to prohibiting the transfer of certain semiautomatic rifles to certain recipients; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
February 28, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB306
Relating to prohibiting certain transfers, purchases, and possession of firearms; creating a criminal offense.
February 28, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB286
Relating to a study by the Department of Public Safety on stolen firearms.
February 27, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB260
Relating to prohibiting sex offenders from purchasing firearms.
February 27, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB226
Relating to creating the criminal offense of the manufacture of a firearm without a federal license.
February 27, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HB191
Relating to the purchase of or acquisition of title to real property by certain foreign entities.
February 27, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HR9
Commemorating the 48th anniversary of the death of Joe Campos Torres of Houston.
February 19, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
HR53
Urging Congress to reimburse the State of Texas for costs incurred under Operation Lone Star.
February 19, 2025Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs