Monitoring the SessionSB 1603
Died in committee
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
relating to an exemption from sales and use taxes for firearms, ammunition, and other related items.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Trigger locks and accessories too.
The bill removes state and local sales and use tax from firearms, ammunition, firearm accessories, and firearm safety equipment such as gun safes and trigger locks. It touches every buyer and seller of guns, ammo, and add-on gear in Texas, along with the state and local governments that now collect tax on those sales. Starting September 1, 2025, those purchases would no longer carry sales tax, where current law exempts only safety equipment.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 3580 by Rep. Bumgarner (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 3580 by Rep. Bumgarner (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.NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Feb 24, 2025 and referred to the Senate Finance committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-SB1603 · 2025-02-24
relating to an exemption from sales and use taxes for firearms, ammunition, and other related items.
Trigger locks and accessories too.
The bill removes state and local sales and use tax from firearms, ammunition, firearm accessories, and firearm safety equipment such as gun safes and trigger locks. It touches every buyer and seller of guns, ammo, and add-on gear in Texas, along with the state and local governments that now collect tax on those sales. Starting September 1, 2025, those purchases would no longer carry sales tax, where current law exempts only safety equipment.
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No fiscal note in the loaded record.
No verified beat found.
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Derived itemized flow · Oct 28, 2024 to May 5, 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.
$100,000.00
Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · on Oct 28, 2024. 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: 100989239.
$33,489.82
Also funds 9 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Oct 29, 2024 to Sep 2, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Oct 29, 2024 to Nov 12, 2024. 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: 100989239.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$100,000.00
Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · on Oct 28, 2024. 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: 100989239.
$33,489.82
Also funds 9 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Oct 29, 2024 to Sep 2, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Oct 29, 2024 to Nov 12, 2024. 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: 100989239.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
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. Bumgarner, different lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Mar 16, 2023: Referred to Ways & Means
Relating to an exemption from sales and use taxes for firearms, ammunition, and other related items.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas Senate · Filed Feb 24, 2025
03/10/2025 S Referred to Finance
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
Senate committee · Finance · Final status: Died in committee
HB 920 by Bumgarner (identical)
Taxation--Sales
Weapons
The text as introduced · 262 words
89R1785 RDS-D By: Hinojosa of Nueces S.B. No. 1603 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to an exemption from sales and use taxes for firearms, ammunition, and other related items. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 151.3131, Tax Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 151.3131. FIREARMS AND RELATED ITEMS [ FIREARM SAFETY EQUIPMENT ]. (a) In this section : (1) "Ammunition" has the meaning assigned by 18 U.S.C. Section 921(a)(17)(A). (2) "Firearm" has the meaning assigned by 18 U.S.C. Section 921(a)(3). (3) "Firearm accessory" means an item used in conjunction with or mounted on a firearm that is not essential to the basic function of the firearm. (4) "Firearm [ , "firearm ] safety equipment" means a gun lock box, a gun safe, a barrel lock, a trigger lock, a firearm safety training manual or electronic publication, or another item designed to ensure the safe handling or storage of a firearm. (b) The sale, storage, use, or other consumption of a firearm, a firearm accessory, ammunition, or firearm safety equipment is exempted from the taxes imposed by this chapter. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act does not affect tax liability accruing before the effective date of this Act. That liability continues in effect as if this Act had not been enacted, and the former law is continued in effect for the collection of taxes due and for civil and criminal enforcement of the liability for those taxes. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.