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Texas · 90th Legislature Regular Session

HB119 Relating to designating August as Firearm Safety Awareness Month.

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Firearms otherAI label

No change to gun access model confidence 90%

Designates August as Firearm Safety Awareness Month and encourages discussion of safe firearm ownership, storage, and use along with voluntary programs to improve public safety regarding firearms.

August is Firearm Safety Awareness Month to increase awareness of firearm safety and encourage community residents and leaders to: (1) discuss the safe and responsible ownership, storage, and use of firearms for recreational and defensive purposes; and (2) promote voluntary and collaborative methods that improve public safety with respect to firearms.

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Firearms storage minorsAI label

No change to gun access model confidence 70%

Encourages discussion of safe and responsible firearm storage but creates no new requirements or prohibitions.

discuss the safe and responsible ownership, storage, and use of firearms for recreational and defensive purposes

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  1. Filed
  2. Committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both
  5. Governor
  6. Law

Stage: Filed · step 1 of 6

Last action
2026-11-09: Filed
Filed
2026-11-09
Sponsor
Barbara Gervin-Hawkins D

Why the model tagged it this way: The bill only designates an awareness month and promotes voluntary education on safe firearm ownership, storage, and use; it enacts no changes to law on buying, owning, carrying, or storing firearms.

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History (1 actions)
DateChamberAction
2026-11-09HFiled