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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 1696: Relating to adding a designation on a person's driver's license or commercial driver's license indicating that the person is licensed to carry a handgun.

Passed one chamber 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 1696 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on December 20, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to adding a designation on a person's driver's license or commercial driver's license indicating that the person is licensed to carry a handgun. Primary sponsor: Terry Canales (Democratic), Will Metcalf (Republican), Wes Virdell (Republican), Ryan Guillen (Republican), Richard Hayes (Republican). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 28, 2025): Referred to Transportation.

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): Democratic 1 · Republican 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Terry CanalesPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse40
Will MetcalfPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse16
Wes VirdellPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse53
Ryan GuillenPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse31
Richard HayesPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse57
Cody HarrisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse8
Terri Leo-WilsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse23

“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. Referred to Transportation
  2. Read first time
  3. Received from the House
  4. Reported engrossed
  5. Record vote
  6. Passed
  7. Read 3rd time
  8. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  9. Record vote
  10. Passed to engrossment
  11. Read 2nd time
  12. Placed on General State Calendar

Showing 12 most recent of 24 actions. Full history

Sources

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