Monitoring the Session

HB 2095

bill widening reckless gun discharge to big counties

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Armando "Mando" MartinezDHouse 39

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of reckless discharge of a firearm in certain municipalities and counties.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Counties of 500,000 or more, including unincorporated areas.

This bill widens the existing Penal Code offense for recklessly firing a gun so it covers any county with a population of 500,000 or more, not just cities of 100,000 or more. It touches gun owners in those large counties, including people outside city limits in unincorporated areas. Reckless discharge that was not covered by this offense outside a big city becomes an offense anywhere in a large county starting September 1, 2025.

Labels

Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Jan 24, 2025 and referred to the House Criminal Jurisprudence committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB2095 · 2025-01-24

SOLD BY

Rep. Armando "Mando" MartinezDHouse 39 Rep. Armando WalleDHouse 140

ITEM

relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of reckless discharge of a firearm in certain municipalities and counties.

WHAT IT DOES

Counties of 500,000 or more, including unincorporated areas.

This bill widens the existing Penal Code offense for recklessly firing a gun so it covers any county with a population of 500,000 or more, not just cities of 100,000 or more. It touches gun owners in those large counties, including people outside city limits in unincorporated areas. Reckless discharge that was not covered by this offense outside a big city becomes an offense anywhere in a large county starting September 1, 2025.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
  4. Referred directly to subcommittee by chair
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Armando "Mando" Martinez

Donors

Border Health PAC$10KMarc Rodriguez$9,500Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$9K

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Oct 28, 2024 to Jun 26, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Border Health PAC$10,000.00

Border Health PAC

$10,000.00

Cash
$10,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$10,000.00

Also funds 17 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 28, 2024 to Aug 26, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Nov 26, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101026922.

Marc Rodriguez$9,500.00
Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$9,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$9,000.00

Cash
$9,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$9,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 10, 2024 to Apr 8, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100979779, 101026922, 101055340.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

×

Border Health PAC

$10,000.00

Cash
$10,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$10,000.00

Also funds 17 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 28, 2024 to Aug 26, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Nov 26, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101026922.

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$9,000.00

Cash
$9,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$9,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 10, 2024 to Apr 8, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100979779, 101026922, 101055340.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Jan 24, 2025

04/01/2025 H Referred directly to subcommittee by chair

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 · Criminal Jurisprudence · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

Cemeteries

Crimes--Miscellaneous

Criminal Procedure--General

Weapons

Text

The text as introduced · 252 words

89R5152 JCG-D

By: Martinez
H.B. No. 2095

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of reckless

discharge of a firearm in certain municipalities and counties.

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

SECTION 1. The heading to Section 42.12, Penal Code, is

amended to read as follows:

Sec. 42.12. RECKLESS DISCHARGE OF FIREARM IN CERTAIN

MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES .

SECTION 2. Sections 42.12(a) and (d), Penal Code, are

amended to read as follows:

(a) A person commits an offense if the person recklessly

discharges a firearm :

(1) inside the corporate limits of a municipality

having a population of 100,000 or more ; or

(2) in a county with a population of 500,000 or more .

(d) Subsection (a) does not affect the authority of a county

or municipality under other law to enact an order or ordinance which

prohibits the discharge of a firearm.

SECTION 3. 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 occurred

before that date.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.