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HB1128 • 2025

Relating to the applicability to election judges of a prohibition on the carrying of a concealed handgun at a polling place.

Relating to the applicability to election judges of a prohibition on the carrying of a concealed handgun at a polling place.

Elections
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Isaac | Hefner | Patterson
Last action
2025-05-13
Official status
05/13/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relating to the applicability to election judges of a prohibition on the carrying of a concealed handgun at a polling place.

Relating to the applicability to election judges of a prohibition on the carrying of a concealed handgun at a polling place.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the applicability to election judges of a prohibition on the carrying of a concealed handgun at a polling place.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  2. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to State Affairs

  3. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  4. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Point of order withdrawn. Rule 8, Section 1(a)(1)

  5. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  6. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1792

  7. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  8. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  9. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  10. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  11. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  12. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  13. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1680

  14. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  15. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  16. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  17. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  18. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  19. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  20. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  21. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  22. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  23. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  24. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  25. 2025-03-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  26. 2025-03-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

  27. 2024-11-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the applicability to election judges of a prohibition on the carrying of a concealed handgun at a polling place.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 1128 - Engrossed version - Bill Text

89R591 PRL-D

By: Isaac, Hefner, Patterson, et al.

H.B. No. 1128

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the applicability to election judges of a prohibition

on the carrying of a concealed handgun at a polling place.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 46.15, Penal Code, is amended by adding

Subsection (s) to read as follows:

(s)

Section 46.03(a)(2) does not apply to a person who

carries a concealed handgun if the person:

(1)

is licensed to carry a handgun under Subchapter H,

Chapter 411, Government Code; and

(2)

is engaged in the performance of the person's

duties as:

(A)

an election judge under Chapter 32, Election

Code; or

(B)

an early voting clerk or a deputy early

voting clerk who is serving as an election judge at an early voting

polling place under Chapter 83 or 85, Election Code.

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only

to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.

An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is

governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,

and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For

purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the

effective date of this Act if any element of the offense was

committed before that date.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.