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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 170: Relating to civil liability arising out of justified uses of or threats to use force or deadly force.

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 170 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on November 12, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to civil liability arising out of justified uses of or threats to use force or deadly force. Primary sponsor: Ryan Guillen (Republican), Ben Bumgarner (Republican), Stan Gerdes (Republican), Wes Virdell (Republican). It lists 25 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 14, 2025): Referred to State Affairs.

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 29

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Ryan GuillenPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse31
Ben BumgarnerPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse63
Stan GerdesPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse17
Wes VirdellPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse53
Keith BellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Briscoe CainCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse128
Richard HayesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse57
Hillary HicklandCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Andy HopperCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Carrie IsaacCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse73
Marc LaHoodCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse121
Terri Leo-WilsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse23
Mitch LittleCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse65
John LujanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse118
Shelley LutherCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse62
Will MetcalfCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse16
Mike OlcottCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Angelia OrrCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse13
Jared PattersonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse106
Katrina PiersonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse33
Keresa RichardsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61
Alan SchoolcraftCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse44
Joanne ShofnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse11
Shelby SlawsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse59
David SpillerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse68
Tony TinderholtCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse94
Ellen TroxclairCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse19
Cody VasutCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse25
Terry WilsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse20

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

Showing 12 most recent of 28 actions. Full history

Sources

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