HB 4843 Texas House · 88th Legislature (2023)

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.

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2023

Committee Review

May 2023

House Passage

May 2023

Senate Passage

May 2023

Governor

Introduced Mar 23, 2023 Last action May 28, 2023

Floor votes · House May 4, 2023

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

May 28, 2023

Introduced

Motion to concur in Senate amendment(s)

lower

May 25, 2023

Upper · Passed

House requests conference committee-reported

upper

May 25, 2023

Lower · Passed

House requests conference committee

lower

May 25, 2023

Introduced

House refuses to concur in Senate amendments

lower

May 23, 2023

Introduced

Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

lower

May 23, 2023

Introduced

Senate Amendments distributed

lower

May 23, 2023

Lower · Passed

Senate passage as amended reported

lower

May 23, 2023

Upper · Passed

Passed

upper

May 21, 2023

Upper · Passed

Committee report printed and distributed

upper

May 21, 2023

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably as substituted

upper

May 18, 2023

Upper · Passed

Vote taken in committee

upper

May 11, 2023

Committee

Referred to State Affairs

upper

May 11, 2023

Introduced

Read first time

upper

May 8, 2023

Introduced

Received from the House

upper

May 5, 2023

Lower · Passed

Passed

lower

May 4, 2023

Lower · Passed

Passed to engrossment as amended

lower

May 4, 2023

Lower · Passed

Amended

lower

May 4, 2023

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (120-15-4)

house

Apr 25, 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 w/o amendment(s)

lower

Apr 4, 2023

Lower · Passed

Left pending in committee

lower

Apr 4, 2023

Lower · Passed

Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

lower

Mar 23, 2023

Committee

Referred to Community Safety, Select

lower

Mar 23, 2023

Introduced

Read first time

lower

5 primary · 18 co-sponsors