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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 1506: Relating to the issuance of a license to carry a handgun to certain retired county court judges.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1506 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on December 4, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to the issuance of a license to carry a handgun to certain retired county court judges. Primary sponsor: Trent Ashby (Republican), King. It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 20, 2025): Effective on 9/1/25.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Trent AshbyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse9
KingPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Richard HayesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse57
Hillary HicklandCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Alan SchoolcraftCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse44

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Effective on 9/1/25
  2. Signed by the Governor
  3. Sent to the Governor
  4. Signed in the Senate
  5. Signed in the House
  6. Reported enrolled
  7. Senate passage reported
  8. Placed on local & uncontested calendar
  9. Record vote
  10. Passed
  11. Read 3rd time
  12. Record vote

Showing 12 most recent of 40 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source