HB1300
State Police, Department of; purchase of handguns or other weapons of certain officers.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 10, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Chief Patron:
Mitchell D Cornett (R)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Purchase of handguns or other weapons of certain officers; Department of State Police.
Provides that the Department of State Police may allow the immediate survivor of any law-enforcement officer formerly employed by the Department who had at least 10 years of service with the Department and who died while receiving long-term disability payments to purchase his service handgun, with the approval of the ... (More) Superintendent of State Police, at a price of $1. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/15/2026 - House: Presented and ordered printed 26105506D
- 01/15/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/20/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1300)
- 01/27/2026 - House: Assigned HMPPS sub: Firearms
- 01/27/2026 - House: Placed on Public Safety Agenda
- 01/29/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/2026 - House: Placed on Public Safety Agenda
- 01/30/2026 - House: Reported from Public Safety (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/04/2026 - House: Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 02/04/2026 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/05/2026 - House: Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to (63-Y 34-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/05/2026 - House: Rereferred to Public Safety
- 02/06/2026 - House: Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/11/2026 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/12/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/23/2026 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/24/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/24/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/25/2026 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/25/2026 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/02/2026 - House: Enrolled
- 03/02/2026 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1300ER)
- 03/02/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/02/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1300)
- 03/10/2026 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
- 03/10/2026 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
