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HB214
Committee Hearing Scheduled in Other Chamber Authored by Ryan Guillen (R) View at Source
Caption: Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offenses of firearm and ammunition smuggling and terrorism. Initially Referred to House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican Last Referred to Senate Border Security Committee, chaired by a Republican Co-authors: Patterson (R) Sponsors: Birdwell (R)
(H) Birdwell signed onto the bill as
Nov 12, 2024
(H) Guillen signed onto the bill as Author (H) Filed
Feb 27, 2025
(H) Read first time (H) Referred to the House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs, chaired by a Republican
Mar 12, 2025
(H) Scheduled for public hearing on . . . (H) Considered in public hearing (H) Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee (H) Left pending in committee
Mar 26, 2025
(H) House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs met. (H) Considered in public hearing (H) Committee substitute considered in committee (H) Reported favorably as substituted
Mar 31, 2025
(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator (H) Committee report distributed (H) Committee report sent to Calendars
Apr 17, 2025
(H) Considered in Calendars
May 8, 2025
(H) Considered in Calendars
May 10, 2025
(H) Placed on General State Calendar
May 12, 2025
(H) Read 2nd time (H) A Republican amendment (No. 1) from Guillen amended the bill. (H) Passed to engrossment as amended (H) Record vote
RV#2223: Yea 128 (R 82, D 46) - Nay 12 (R 1, D 11) View Source
Rhetta Bowers: "When Record No. 2223 was taken, I was absent to attend a meeting of the Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence. I would have voted no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)
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(H) Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal (H) Reported engrossed
May 14, 2025
(S) Received from the House (S) Read first time (S) Referred to the Senate Border Security, chaired by a Republican
May 22, 2025
(S) Scheduled for public hearing on . . . (S) Considered in public hearing (S) Testimony taken in committee (S) Left pending in committee
Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill
Against
(Wed 3/12/2025) Testifying before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Kirsten Budwine for Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) (Wed 3/12/2025) Testifying before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Nick Hudson for American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) (Thu 5/22/2025) Registering before S Border Security as Steven Deline for self
For
(Wed 3/12/2025) Testifying before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Bryan Flatt for Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA) (Wed 3/12/2025) Testifying before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Gary Zimmerman for self (Thu 5/22/2025) Registering before S Border Security as Bryan Flatt for Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA) (Wed 3/12/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as James Kershaw for Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39 (Wed 3/12/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Jennifer Szimanski for Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas (CLEAT) (Thu 5/22/2025) Registering before S Border Security as Jennifer Szimanski for Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas (CLEAT) (Wed 3/12/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Kimberly Moyers for self (Thu 5/22/2025) Registering before S Border Security as of Texas for Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas (CLEAT) (Wed 3/12/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Ray Hunt for self (with Houston Police Officers Union (HPOU)) (Thu 5/22/2025) Registering before S Border Security as Ray Hunt for self (with Houston Police Officers Union (HPOU)) (Thu 5/22/2025) Registering before S Border Security as Roger Garza for self (with GIFFORDS) (Wed 3/12/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Timothy Mabry for self (with Lead Through Fire)
On
(Wed 3/12/2025) Testifying before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Kathy Mitchell for self (with Equity Action) (Thu 5/22/2025) Testifying before S Border Security as Mike Stanford for Texas Department of Public Safety
