Monitoring the SessionHB 1956
Died in committee
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relating to the seizure of firearms by a peace officer during the emergency detention of certain persons who may have a mental illness.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Officers must seize the gun, not merely may.
The bill changes the law so that a peace officer who takes a person into emergency mental-health custody must seize any firearm the person has, instead of merely being allowed to. It touches peace officers and people taken into emergency detention because they may have a mental illness and pose a danger. Starting September 1, 2025, firearm seizure during these detentions becomes mandatory rather than a judgment call, with the officer still following the existing handling rules in the Code of Criminal Procedure.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 3271 by Rep. Reynolds (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 3271 by Rep. Reynolds (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.QUICK READ: 120 WORDS. The bill as filed runs 120 words, counting the existing law it amends and the text it strikes. The median 89R bill as filed runs 441 words (derived, 8,702 graded bills, snapshot Oct 19, 2026).NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Jan 17, 2025 and referred to the House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB1956 · 2025-01-17
relating to the seizure of firearms by a peace officer during the emergency detention of certain persons who may have a mental illness.
Officers must seize the gun, not merely may.
The bill changes the law so that a peace officer who takes a person into emergency mental-health custody must seize any firearm the person has, instead of merely being allowed to. It touches peace officers and people taken into emergency detention because they may have a mental illness and pose a danger. Starting September 1, 2025, firearm seizure during these detentions becomes mandatory rather than a judgment call, with the officer still following the existing handling rules in the Code of Criminal Procedure.
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Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Rep. Reynolds, different lead author · Died in committee · reworked
Introduced textLast action, Apr 18, 2023: Left pending in committee
Relating to the seizure of firearms during the emergency detention of certain persons who may have a mental illness.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Jan 17, 2025
03/14/2025 H Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs: Mar 14 2025 2:36PM
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
House committee · Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs · Final status: Died in committee
Fire Fighters & Police--General
Mental Health & Substance Abuse
Weapons
The text as introduced · 120 words
89R8796 RAL-D By: Goodwin H.B. No. 1956 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the seizure of firearms by a peace officer during the emergency detention of certain persons who may have a mental illness. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 573.001(h), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: (h) A peace officer who takes a person into custody under Subsection (a) shall [ may ] immediately seize any firearm found in possession of the person. After seizing a firearm under this subsection, the peace officer shall comply with the requirements of Article 18.191, Code of Criminal Procedure. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.