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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 1794: Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns by handgun license holders on the premises of certain polling places on the day of an election or while early voting is in progress.

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 1794 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns by handgun license holders on the premises of certain polling places on the day of an election or while early voting is in progress. Primary sponsor: Carl Tepper (Republican), Terry Wilson (Republican). It lists 10 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 19, 2025): Referred to State Affairs.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 12

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Carl TepperPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse84
Terry WilsonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse20
Keith BellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Hillary HicklandCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Lacey HullCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse138
Carrie IsaacCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse73
Terri Leo-WilsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse23
Candy NobleCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse89
Joanne ShofnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse11
David SpillerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse68
Cody VasutCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse25
Wes VirdellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse53

“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. Point of order withdrawn

Showing 12 most recent of 28 actions. Full history

Sources

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