Texas House · Regular Session, 2025

SB 1596: Prohibition of short-barrel firearms

Second Reading · May 26, 2025 · Yeas 88, nays 54 · Party-line vote

How each party voted

Democrats
Yea 2 · Nay 54 · Not voting 6
Republicans
Yea 86 · Nay 0 · Not voting 2

Republican Caucus Chair Tom Oliverson voted yea.

Bill

Bill
SB 1596
Motion
Second Reading
Date
May 26, 2025
Session
Regular Session, 2025
Yeas–nays
Yeas 88, nays 54; 8 didn't vote (1 excused, 1 abstained)

Official record: the Journal for that day ↗
The bill on Texas Legislature Online ↗

The chamber on this vote

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How each member voted

Yea (88)

Nay (54)

Abstained (1)

Excused (1)

Not voting (6)