Monitoring the SessionHB 283
Filed
Initial review · graded Nov 9, 2026 · How we grade
relating to the applicability to election judges of a prohibition on the carrying of a concealed handgun at a polling place.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Polling-place handgun ban stops covering election judges, starting September 1, 2027.
This bill lets an election judge who holds a Texas handgun license carry a concealed handgun at a polling place while doing the job. It covers election judges and early voting clerks or deputy clerks serving as election judges at early voting sites. Today the polling-place handgun ban applies to them, and starting September 1, 2027, it would not.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 636 by Rep. Patterson (Died in committee) and 89R HB 1128 (Died in committee). Checked against 88R and 89R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 89R HB 1128 (Died in committee). Filed in 3 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R and 89R only.TRY NO. 3. Filed in 3 sessions: 88R, 89R and 90R. Checked against 88R and 89R only.
90R-HB283 · 2026-11-09
relating to the applicability to election judges of a prohibition on the carrying of a concealed handgun at a polling place.
Polling-place handgun ban stops covering election judges, starting September 1, 2027.
This bill lets an election judge who holds a Texas handgun license carry a concealed handgun at a polling place while doing the job. It covers election judges and early voting clerks or deputy clerks serving as election judges at early voting sites. Today the polling-place handgun ban applies to them, and starting September 1, 2027, it would not.
[ ] NONE FOUND
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
No verified beat found.
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Derived itemized flow · Oct 29, 2024 to Oct 24, 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.
$26,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 4, 2025 to Jul 3, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · Jul 4, 2025 to Jul 3, 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: 101062888, 101069223.
$20,083.33
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 · Jun 25, 2025 to Oct 15, 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: 101011492, 101062888, 101070788.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$26,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 4, 2025 to Jul 3, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · Jul 4, 2025 to Jul 3, 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: 101062888, 101069223.
$20,083.33
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 · Jun 25, 2025 to Oct 15, 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: 101011492, 101062888, 101070788.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
Analysis of text version I by a super-expensive superintelligence, Nov 9, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 3 times: 88R, 89R and now. Checked against 88R and 89R only.
by Rep. Patterson, different lead author · Died in committee · reworked
Introduced textLast action, May 9, 2023: Referred to State Affairs
Relating to the applicability to election judges of a prohibition on the carrying of a concealed handgun at a polling place.
Caption, 88R bill history
by Rep. Isaac, same lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, May 13, 2025: Referred to State Affairs
Relating to the applicability to election judges of a prohibition on the carrying of a concealed handgun at a polling place.
Caption, 89R bill history
Texas House · Filed Nov 9, 2026
11/09/2026 H Filed
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Nov 10, 2026 at 2:32 AM CST. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
Elections--Early Voting
Elections--Election Officers
Weapons
CONCEALED HANDGUNS
The text as introduced · 242 words
90R2879 PRL-F By: Isaac H.B. No. 283 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the applicability to election judges of a prohibition on the carrying of a concealed handgun at a polling place. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 46.15, Penal Code, is amended by adding Subsection (t) to read as follows: (t) Section 46.03(a)(2) does not apply to a person who carries a concealed handgun if the person: (1) is licensed to carry a handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code; and (2) is engaged in the performance of the person's duties as: (A) an election judge under Chapter 32, Election Code; or (B) an early voting clerk or a deputy early voting clerk who is serving as an election judge at an early voting polling place under Chapter 83 or 85, Election Code. SECTION 2. 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 was committed before that date. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2027.