Relating to prohibiting a person or entity from surveilling, reporting, or tracking the purchase of firearms, ammunition, and accessories through the use of certain merchant category codes; imposing a civil penalty.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Senate Passage
May 2023
Signed into Law
Jun 2023
Introduced Mar 14, 2023
Signed Jun 10, 2023
Floor votes · Senate May 19, 2023 · House May 3, 2023
How they voted
25–6
Passed
Total votes 31
May 19, 2023
D
Democratic13
53% Yea
R
Republican18
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
55
Key actions
16
Committee
11
Amendments
2
Jun 10, 2023
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
May 23, 2023
Upper · Passed
Signed in the Senate
upper
May 22, 2023
Lower · Passed
Signed in the House
lower
May 19, 2023
Lower · Passed
Senate passage reported
lower
May 19, 2023
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
May 19, 2023
Introduced
Amendment(s) offered
upper
May 16, 2023
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
May 16, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendments
upper
May 15, 2023
Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
upper
May 15, 2023
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
May 5, 2023
Committee
Referred to State Affairs
upper
May 5, 2023
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 4, 2023
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 3, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 2, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
May 2, 2023
Amended
Amendment fails of adoption
lower
Apr 24, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Apr 24, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 13, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
lower
Apr 5, 2023
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Apr 5, 2023
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Mar 14, 2023
Committee
Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
lower
Mar 14, 2023
Introduced
Read first time
lower
4 primary · 18 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Candy Noble
RRepublican
P
Charles Schwertner
RRepublican
P
Giovanni Capriglione
RRepublican
P
MS
Matt Schaefer
RRepublican
Co
Ben Bumgarner
RRepublican
Co
Bob Hall
RRepublican
Co
Brandon Creighton
RRepublican
Co
Charles Cunningham
RRepublican
Co
Cody Vasut
RRepublican
Co
Cole Hefner
RRepublican
Co
David Spiller
RRepublican
Co
DA
Doc Anderson
RRepublican
Co
Donna Campbell
RRepublican
Co
DS
Drew Springer
RRepublican
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