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HB 4843 TX
Passed Legislature

Relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment and changing the eligibility for community supervision and parole for certain felony offenses in which a firearm is used or exhibited, to certain consequences on conviction of certain of those offenses, and to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of unlawful possession of a firearm by a person convicted of a felony.

TX · session 88 · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Mar 10, 2023

Latest action (May 28, 2023) Motion withdrawn

Sponsors (5)

  • Holland · primary
  • Guillen Republican · primary
  • Harless Republican · primary
  • Frazier · primary
  • Huffman Republican · primary
19 coauthors / cosponsors
  • Bell, Keith Republican · cosponsor
  • Buckley Republican · cosponsor
  • Burns · cosponsor
  • Capriglione Republican · cosponsor
  • Cook Republican · cosponsor
  • Cunningham Republican · cosponsor
  • Darby Republican · cosponsor
  • Dean Republican · cosponsor
  • Hayes Republican · cosponsor
  • Isaac Republican · cosponsor
  • Noble Republican · cosponsor
  • Patterson Republican · cosponsor
  • Paul Republican · cosponsor
  • Raney · cosponsor
  • Smith · cosponsor
  • Spiller Republican · cosponsor
  • Stucky · cosponsor
  • Tepper · cosponsor
  • Thimesch · cosponsor

Action history (63)

  1. Mar 10, 2023 Filed · lower
  2. Mar 23, 2023 Read first time · lower
  3. Mar 23, 2023 Referred to Community Safety, Select · lower
  4. Apr 4, 2023 Considered in public hearing · lower
  5. Apr 4, 2023 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee · lower
  6. Apr 4, 2023 Left pending in committee · lower
  7. Apr 13, 2023 Considered in formal meeting · lower
  8. Apr 13, 2023 Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) · lower
  9. Apr 24, 2023 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator · lower
  10. Apr 24, 2023 Committee report distributed · lower
  11. Apr 25, 2023 Committee report sent to Calendars · lower
  12. Apr 27, 2023 Considered in Calendars · lower
  13. May 1, 2023 Placed on General State Calendar · lower
  14. May 1, 2023 Read 2nd time · lower
  15. May 1, 2023 Postponed · lower
  16. May 4, 2023 Laid out as postponed business · lower
  17. May 4, 2023 Amended · lower
  18. May 4, 2023 Record vote · lower
  19. May 4, 2023 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal · lower
  20. May 4, 2023 Passed to engrossment as amended · lower
  21. May 4, 2023 Record vote · lower
  22. May 4, 2023 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal · lower
  23. May 5, 2023 Read 3rd time · lower
  24. May 5, 2023 Passed · lower
  25. May 5, 2023 Record vote · lower
  26. May 5, 2023 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal · lower
  27. May 5, 2023 Reported engrossed · lower
  28. May 8, 2023 Received from the House · upper
  29. May 11, 2023 Read first time · upper
  30. May 11, 2023 Referred to State Affairs · upper
  31. May 18, 2023 Scheduled for public hearing on . . . · upper
  32. May 18, 2023 Considered in public hearing · upper
  33. May 18, 2023 Vote taken in committee · upper
  34. May 21, 2023 Reported favorably as substituted · upper
  35. May 21, 2023 Recommended for local & uncontested calendar · upper
  36. May 21, 2023 Committee report printed and distributed · upper
  37. May 23, 2023 Placed on intent calendar · upper
  38. May 24, 2023 Placed on local & uncontested calendar · upper
  39. May 23, 2023 Rules suspended-Regular order of business · upper
  40. May 23, 2023 Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading · upper
  41. May 23, 2023 Vote recorded in Journal · upper
  42. May 23, 2023 Three day rule suspended · upper
  43. May 23, 2023 Record vote · upper
  44. May 23, 2023 Read 3rd time · upper
  45. May 23, 2023 Passed · upper
  46. May 23, 2023 Record vote · upper
  47. May 23, 2023 Senate passage as amended reported · lower
  48. May 23, 2023 Senate Amendments distributed · lower
  49. May 23, 2023 Senate Amendments Analysis distributed · lower
  50. May 25, 2023 House refuses to concur in Senate amendments · lower
  51. May 25, 2023 House requests conference committee · lower
  52. May 25, 2023 House appoints conferees · lower
  53. May 25, 2023 House refuses to concur-reported · upper
  54. May 25, 2023 House requests conference committee-reported · upper
  55. May 25, 2023 House appoints conferees-reported · upper
  56. May 26, 2023 Senate grants request for conference comm. · upper
  57. May 26, 2023 Senate appoints conferees · upper
  58. May 26, 2023 Senate grants request for conf comm-reported · lower
  59. May 26, 2023 Senate appoints conferees-reported · lower
  60. May 28, 2023 Motion to discharge conferees & concur · lower
  61. May 28, 2023 Motion to concur in Senate amendment(s) · lower
  62. May 28, 2023 Point of order withdrawn · lower
  63. May 28, 2023 Motion withdrawn · lower
Subjects
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)Weapons (I0887)

Text versions (8)

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  • Introduced · HTML
  • Introduced · PDF
  • House Committee Report · HTML
  • House Committee Report · PDF
  • Engrossed · HTML
  • Engrossed · PDF
  • Senate Committee Report · HTML
  • Senate Committee Report · PDF

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