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HB259

Assigned to Committee
Authored by Richard Hayes (R)
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Caption: Relating to the prohibition of short-barrel firearms.
Initially Referred to House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican
Joint authors: Bumgarner (R); Pierson (R); Virdell (R)
Co-authors: Ashby (R); Bell, K. (R); Cunningham (R); Curry (R); DeAyala (R); Dorazio (R); Gerdes (R); Harris (R); Harrison (R); Hickland (R); Holt (R); Hopper (R); Isaac (R); Kerwin (R); Kitzman (R); Louderback (R); Lujan (R); Luther (R); McLaughlin (R); Metcalf (R); Money (R); Noble (R); Olcott (R); Paul (R); Richardson (R); Schatzline (R); Schoolcraft (R); Slawson (R); Spiller (R); Swanson (R); Tepper (R); Toth (R); Vasut (R)

Nov 12, 2024


(H) Hayes signed onto the bill as Author
(H) Filed
 

Jan 28, 2025


(H) Virdell signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Feb 11, 2025


(H) Bumgarner signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Feb 27, 2025


(H) Read first time
(H) Referred to the House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs, chaired by a Republican
 

Mar 28, 2025


(H) Cunningham signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Curry signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Dorazio signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Gerdes signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Harrison signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Holt signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Hopper signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Isaac signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Kerwin signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Kitzman signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Louderback signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Lujan signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Luther signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) McLaughlin signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Money signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Noble signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Olcott signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Paul signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Richardson signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Schatzline signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Schoolcraft signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Slawson signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Spiller signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Swanson signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Tepper signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Toth signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Pierson signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Apr 14, 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
 

Apr 22, 2025


(H) Vasut signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Apr 25, 2025


(H) Metcalf signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Apr 30, 2025


(H) Harris signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

May 6, 2025


(H) Hickland signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

May 7, 2025


(H) Ashby signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

May 19, 2025


(H) Bell, K. signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

May 25, 2025


(H) DeAyala signed onto the bill as Coauthor

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(Mon 4/14/2025) Testifying before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as AJ Juraska for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Testifying before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Bailee Sobnosky for self (with Giffords Organization)
(Mon 4/14/2025) Testifying before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Christina Delgado for self (with Community Justice)
(Mon 4/14/2025) Testifying before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Flo Rice for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Testifying before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Francesca Leahy for self (with Moms Demand Action)
(Mon 4/14/2025) Testifying before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Lilly Ortiz for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Testifying before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Molly Bursey for self (with Moms Demand Action)
(Mon 4/14/2025) Testifying before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Rhonda Hart for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Testifying before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Robert Watson for Texas Impact
(Mon 4/14/2025) Testifying before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Robin Breed for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Testifying before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Scot Rice for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Ananda Tomas for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Ashley Trust for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Bethany Carson for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Caia Marcee for self (with Texas Gun Sense Young Rising Leaders (El Paso Ambassador))
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Carrie Holley-Hurt for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Casey Davids for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Cathy Herzog for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Charley Rejsek for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Christina Coleman for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Cyral Miller for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Dorothy Wood for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Elva Mendoza for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Emily Peavey for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Erin Walter for self (with Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry (TXUUJM))
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Frederick Jones for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Garrett Chase for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Heather Kennedy for self (with Moms Demand Action)
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Heidi Ragsdale for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Heidi Ruiz for Houston Police Department
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Jenifer Olson for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Judith Reynolds for League of Women Voters of Texas
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Karen Alexander for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Kay Pruett for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Laura Miller for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Laura Tabor for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Lauren Gambill for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Leaders for San Antonio Ambassador
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Leslie Barlow for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Lisl Ost for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Liza Binkley for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Macey Chandler for self (with GIFFORDS Texas Courage Fellow, Texas Gun Sense Young Rising Leaders)
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Melanie Walter-Mahoney for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Natalie Beck Aguilera for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Nicole Golden for Texas Gun Sense
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Paula Hansen for self (with Moms Demand Action)
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Quyen Ma for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Rebecca Bullard for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Robert Mueller for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Roger Garza for self (with GIFFORDS)
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Sarah West for self (with Moms Demand Action)
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Steven Deline for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Susan Markus for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Susan Stewart for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Susan Thomson for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Susana Carranza for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Tatiana Cardenas for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Thomas Thomson for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Tyler Smith for Everytown for gun safety
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Vanessa Burden for self
 

For

(Mon 4/14/2025) Testifying before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Chris McNutt for self (with Texas Gun Rights)
(Mon 4/14/2025) Testifying before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Emily Taylor for self (with Gun Owners of America)
(Mon 4/14/2025) Testifying before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Gary Zimmerman for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Testifying before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as John Poole for self (with Texas State Rifle Association)
(Mon 4/14/2025) Testifying before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as John Swicegood for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Testifying before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Michael Cargill for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Testifying before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Richard Hayes for self (with Gun Owners of America)
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Janet Womack for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as John Beckmeyer for self (with Gun Owners of America)
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Kyle Carruth for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Leigh Gibson for self (with Gun Owners of America)
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Michelle Mostert for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Nick Tuccio for National Rifle Association
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Richard Womack for self
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before H Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs as Tom Glass for self



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