SB2284

Regular Session

Relating to the authority of a municipality or county to regulate certain matters related to firearms, air guns, archery equipment, and other weapons and related supplies.

ModeratePlan for compliance

Low Cost

Effective:2025-09-01

Compliance Analysis

Key implementation requirements and action items for compliance with this legislation

Implementation Timeline

Effective Date: September 1, 2025
Compliance Deadline: September 1, 2025 (Local ordinances in conflict become void immediately; businesses should cease compliance with preempted local rules on this date).
Agency Rulemaking: None required. This statute restricts local government authority rather than creating a new state regulatory framework.

Immediate Action Plan

Inventory Audit: Identify inventory (bows, crossbows, air guns, knives) currently restricted by local ordinance and prepare to normalize sales/display on September 1.
Legal Notice: If you are currently subject to a local citation or enforcement action regarding these items, instruct counsel to file for dismissal or a stay of proceedings based on SB2284.
Insurance Review: Contact your broker to remove any coverage riders that exist solely to satisfy municipal mandates.
Land Development Check: For developers in unincorporated areas, note that counties can now only regulate hunting on lots smaller than 7 acres (previously 10 acres). Update deed restrictions accordingly.

Operational Changes Required

Contracts

Review commercial leases for properties located within city limits. Lease clauses that mandate compliance with specific municipal weapon ordinances (e.g., restrictions on window displays of knives or bows) are now unenforceable. Landlords cannot declare default based on a tenant's refusal to follow a voided city code.

Hiring/Training

Update operational manuals for retail staff. Employees no longer need to enforce municipal age restrictions or display bans that exceed state law regarding knives, air guns, or archery equipment.

Reporting & Record-Keeping

Audit your accounts payable for recurring municipal fees. Identify any "Archery Sales Permits," "Knife Dealer Licenses," or similar local regulatory fees. Cease processing renewals for any permit period extending beyond September 1, 2025.

Fees & Costs

Eliminate budget lines for municipal liability insurance mandates. The law explicitly prohibits municipalities from requiring business owners to carry liability insurance for damages resulting from the use of these weapons. (Note: Maintain General Liability coverage for standard business risk, but cancel riders purchased solely to satisfy city codes).

Strategic Ambiguities & Considerations

"Effective" Zoning Prohibitions:

While the law allows cities to maintain "generally applicable zoning ordinances," it strictly forbids zoning that "effectively restricts or prohibits" the manufacture or sale of these items. The statute does not define the threshold for "effective restriction." Businesses should anticipate potential litigation if a municipality attempts to use restrictive zoning maps (e.g., limiting archery sales to a single remote industrial zone) to circumvent the ban on direct regulation.

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BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center	S.B. 2284
89R11674 JBD-F	By: Hinojosa, Adam
	State Affairs
	3/28/2025
	As Filed

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

S.B. 2284 seeks to clarify and restrict the regulatory powers of municipalities and counties in Texas concerning firearms, air guns, archery equipment, and related supplies. The bill emphasizes that local governments are prohibited from enacting regulations that would affect the ownership, possession, use, and commerce of these items. It also provides further guidance on specific areas where municipalities and counties can implement regulations, including limitations on the discharge of firearms and carrying weapons in certain public areas.

As proposed, S.B. 2284 amends current law relating to the authority of a municipality or county to regulate certain matters related to firearms, air guns, archery equipment, and other weapons and related supplies.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends the heading to Section 229.001, Local Government Code, to read as follows:

Sec. 229.001. FIREARMS; AIR GUNS; ARCHERY EQUIPMENT; KNIVES; EXPLOSIVES.

SECTION 2. Amends Sections 229.001(a), (b), (b-1), (c), and (d), Local Government Code, as follows:

(a) Prohibits a municipality, notwithstanding any other law, including Section 43.002 (Continuation of Land Use) of the Local Government Code and Chapter 251 (Effect of Nuisance Actions and Governmental Requirements on Certain Agricultural Operations), Agriculture Code, from adopting or enforcing regulations that relate to certain actions taken in relation to certain items, including archery equipment, or that require an owner of archery equipment to obtain liability insurance coverage for damages resulting from negligent or wilful acts involving the use of the archery equipment. Makes nonsubstantive changes.

(b)-(b-1) Makes conforming and nonsubstantive changes to these subsections.

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(c) Provides that the exception provided by Subsection (b)(5) (relating to the authority of a municipality under law to regulate the carrying of certain items at certain public places and events) does not apply:

(1) creates this subdivision from existing text and makes conforming and nonsubstantive changes; or

(2)� to a person licensed to carry a handgun under Subchapter H (License to Carry a Handgun), Chapter 411 (Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas), Government Code.

(d) Makes conforming changes to this subsection.

SECTION 3. Amends Section 229.001(e), Local Government Code, by adding Subdivision (2-a) to define "archery equipment."

SECTION 4. Amends Section 235.042(a), Local Government Code, to authorize the commissioners court of a county, to promote the public safety, by order to prohibit or otherwise regulate hunting with bows and arrows on lots that are smaller than seven acres, rather than lots that are 10 acres or smaller, and are located in the unincorporated area of the county in a subdivision.

SECTION 5. Amends the heading to Chapter 236, Local Government Code, to read as follows:

CHAPTER 236. COUNTY REGULATION OF FIREARMS, ARCHERY EQUIPMENT, KNIVES, AMMUNITION, FIREARM SUPPLIES, AND SPORT SHOOTING RANGES

SECTION 6. Amends Section 236.001, Local Government Code, by adding Subdivision (3) to define "archery equipment."

SECTION 7. Amends the heading to Section 236.002, Local Government Code, to read as follows:

Sec. 236.002. FIREARMS; AIR GUNS; ARCHERY EQUIPMENT; SPORT SHOOTING RANGE.

SECTION 8. Amends Section 236.002(a), Local Government Code, as follows:

(a) Prohibits a county, notwithstanding any other law, including Chapter 251, Agriculture Code, from adopting or enforcing regulations that relate to certain actions taken in relation to certain items, including archery equipment, or that require an owner of archery equipment to obtain liability insurance coverage for damages resulting from negligent or wilful acts involving the use of the archery equipment. Makes nonsubstantive changes.

SECTION 9. Amends Sections 342.003(a) and (b), Local Government Code, to read as follows:

(a) Authorizes the governing body of a Type A general-law municipality to take certain measures, including �prohibiting or otherwise regulating the use of fireworks, rather than fireworks and firearms.

(b) Makes a conforming change to this subsection.

SECTION 10. Provides that the changes in law made by this Act apply to an ordinance, order, regulation, or other measure adopted before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 11. Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2025.

Senate Authors

Sen. Adam HinojosaRepublican · Primary Author

Coauthors (1)

Charles Creighton (R)

House Sponsor

Rep. Janie LopezRepublican · Primary Sponsor

Bill Text(with markup)

S.B. No. 2284

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Fiscal NoteView Original

	AN ACT
	relating to the authority of a municipality or county to regulate
	certain matters related to firearms, air guns, archery equipment,
	and other weapons and related supplies.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. The heading to Section 229.001, Local Government
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 229.001. FIREARMS; AIR GUNS; ARCHERY EQUIPMENT;
	KNIVES; EXPLOSIVES.
	SECTION 2. Sections 229.001(a), (b), (b-1), (c), and (d),
	Local Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a) Notwithstanding any other law, including Section 43.002
	of this code and Chapter 251, Agriculture Code, a municipality may
	not adopt or enforce regulations that:
	(1) relate to:
	(A) the transfer, possession, wearing, carrying,
	ownership, storage, transportation, licensing, or registration of
	firearms, air guns, archery equipment, knives, ammunition, or
	firearm or air gun supplies or accessories;
	(B) commerce in firearms, air guns, archery
	equipment, knives, ammunition, or firearm or air gun supplies or
	accessories; or
	(C) the discharge of a firearm, [or] air gun, or
	archery equipment at a sport shooting range; or
	(2) require an owner of a firearm or archery equipment
	to obtain liability insurance coverage for damages resulting from
	negligent or wilful acts involving the use of the firearm or archery
	equipment.
	(b) Subsection (a) does not affect the authority a
	municipality has under another law to:
	(1) require residents or public employees to be armed
	for personal or national defense, law enforcement, or another
	lawful purpose;
	(2) regulate the discharge of firearms, [or] air guns,
	or archery equipment within the limits of the municipality, other
	than at a sport shooting range;
	(3) except as provided by Subsection (b-1), adopt or
	enforce a generally applicable zoning ordinance, land use
	regulation, fire code, or business ordinance;
	(4) regulate the storage or transportation of
	explosives to protect public health and safety, except that 25
	pounds or less of black powder for each private residence and 50
	pounds or less of black powder for each retail dealer are not
	subject to regulation;
	(5) regulate the carrying of an air gun, archery
	equipment, or firearm, other than a handgun carried by a person not
	otherwise prohibited by law from carrying a handgun, at a:
	(A) public park;
	(B) public meeting of a municipality, county, or
	other governmental body;
	(C) political rally, parade, or official
	political meeting; or
	(D) nonfirearms-related school, college, or
	professional athletic event;
	(6) regulate the carrying of a firearm by a person
	licensed to carry a handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411,
	Government Code, in accordance with Section 411.209, Government
	Code;
	(7) regulate the hours of operation of a sport
	shooting range, except that the hours of operation may not be more
	limited than the least limited hours of operation of any other
	business in the municipality other than a business permitted or
	licensed to sell or serve alcoholic beverages for on-premises
	consumption;
	(8) regulate the carrying of an air gun by a minor on:
	(A) public property; or
	(B) private property without consent of the
	property owner; or
	(9) except as provided by Subsection (d-1), regulate
	or prohibit an employee's carrying or possession of a firearm,
	firearm accessory, or ammunition in the course of the employee's
	official duties.
	(b-1) The exception provided by Subsection (b)(3) does not
	apply if the ordinance or regulation is designed or enforced to
	effectively restrict or prohibit the manufacture, sale, purchase,
	transfer, or display of archery equipment, firearms, firearm
	accessories, or ammunition that is otherwise lawful in this state.
	(c) The exception provided by Subsection (b)(5) does not
	apply:
	(1) if the firearm, [or] air gun, or archery equipment
	is in or is carried to or from an area designated for use in a lawful
	hunting, fishing, or other sporting event and the firearm, [or] air
	gun, or archery equipment is of the type commonly used in the
	activity; or
	(2) to a person licensed to carry a handgun under
	Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code.
	(d) Nothing in this section may be construed to authorize
	the seizure or confiscation of any firearm, air gun, archery
	equipment, knife, ammunition, or firearm or air gun supplies or
	accessories from an individual who is lawfully carrying or
	possessing the firearm, air gun, archery equipment, knife,
	ammunition, or firearm or air gun supplies or accessories.
	SECTION 3. Section 229.001(e), Local Government Code, is
	amended by adding Subdivision (2-a) to read as follows:
	(2-a) "Archery equipment" means a long bow, recurved
	bow, compound bow, or crossbow. The term includes an arrow and a
	component part or accessory of an arrow, bow, or crossbow.
	SECTION 4. Section 235.042(a), Local Government Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(a) To promote the public safety, the commissioners court of
	a county by order may prohibit or otherwise regulate hunting with
	bows and arrows on lots that are smaller than seven [10] acres [or
	~~smaller~~] and are located in the unincorporated area of the county in
	a subdivision.
	SECTION 5. The heading to Chapter 236, Local Government
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 236. COUNTY REGULATION OF FIREARMS, ARCHERY EQUIPMENT,
	KNIVES, AMMUNITION, FIREARM SUPPLIES, AND SPORT SHOOTING RANGES
	SECTION 6. Section 236.001, Local Government Code, is
	amended by adding Subdivision (3) to read as follows:
	(3) "Archery equipment" has the meaning assigned by
	Section 229.001.
	SECTION 7. The heading to Section 236.002, Local Government
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 236.002. FIREARMS; AIR GUNS; ARCHERY EQUIPMENT; SPORT
	SHOOTING RANGE.
	SECTION 8. Section 236.002(a), Local Government Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(a) Notwithstanding any other law, including Chapter 251,
	Agriculture Code, a county may not adopt or enforce regulations
	that:
	(1) relate to:
	(A) the transfer, possession, wearing, carrying,
	ownership, storage, transportation, licensing, or registration of
	firearms, air guns, archery equipment, knives, ammunition, or
	firearm or air gun supplies or accessories;
	(B) commerce in firearms, air guns, archery
	equipment, knives, ammunition, or firearm or air gun supplies or
	accessories; or
	(C) the discharge of a firearm, [or] air gun, or
	archery equipment at a sport shooting range; or
	(2) require an owner of a firearm or archery equipment
	to obtain liability insurance coverage for damages resulting from
	negligent or wilful acts involving the use of the firearm or archery
	equipment.
	SECTION 9. Sections 342.003(a) and (b), Local Government
	Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a) The governing body of the municipality may:
	(1) prohibit dangerous chimneys, flues, fireplaces,
	stovepipes, ovens, and other apparatus used in or about any
	building, and require the apparatus to be removed or placed in a
	safe condition;
	(2) prohibit the unsafe deposit of ashes;
	(3) appoint officers who may enter any building or
	enclosure to examine and determine whether it is in a dangerous
	condition and, if the building or enclosure is in a dangerous
	condition, require that it be put in a safe condition;
	(4) require the inhabitant of a building to maintain
	as many fire buckets and means of access to the roof as prescribed
	by the governing body, and regulate the use of those items in the
	event of a fire;
	(5) require the owner or occupant of a building to
	maintain access to the roof and to stairs or ladders that lead to
	the roof;
	(6) prohibit or otherwise regulate factories and other
	works that pose a danger of promoting or causing fires;
	(7) prohibit or otherwise regulate the erection of
	cotton presses and sheds;
	(8) prohibit or otherwise regulate the use of
	fireworks [~~and firearms~~];
	(9) prohibit, direct, or otherwise regulate the
	keeping and management of buildings within the municipality that
	are used to store gunpowder or other combustible, explosive, or
	dangerous materials, and regulate the keeping and conveying of
	those materials;
	(10) regulate the building of parapet or party walls;
	(11) authorize the mayor or other municipal officers,
	including the officers of fire companies, to keep away from the
	vicinity of any fire all idle, disorderly, or suspicious persons,
	and to arrest and confine those persons;
	(12) compel municipal officers and all other persons
	to aid in extinguishing fires, preserving property exposed to the
	danger of fire, and preventing theft; and
	(13) adopt other rules for the prevention and
	extinguishment of fires as the governing body considers necessary.
	(b) Subsection (a)(9) [~~(a)(8) or (9)~~] does not authorize a
	municipality to adopt any prohibition or other regulation in
	violation of Section 229.001.
	SECTION 10. The changes in law made by this Act apply to an
	ordinance, order, regulation, or other measure adopted before, on,
	or after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 11. This Act takes effect immediately if it
	receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
	house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
	If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate
	effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION


April 11, 2025

TO:	Honorable Bryan Hughes, Chair, Senate Committee on State Affairs

FROM:	Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board

IN RE:	SB2284 by Hinojosa, Adam (Relating to the authority of a municipality or county to regulate certain matters related to firearms, air guns, archery equipment, and other weapons and related supplies.), As Introduced

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

LBB Staff:

JMc, WP, BC, CWi, MGol

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about SB2284

What does Texas SB2284 do?

SB2284 strips municipalities and counties of the authority to regulate archery equipment, air guns, and knives, explicitly aligning these items with existing state protections for firearms. Effective September 1, 2025, any local ordinance—regardless of when it was adopted—that restricts the sale, manufacturing, possession, or insurance requirements for these items is void and unenforceable. This is a retroactive preemption that primarily benefits sporting goods retailers, ranges, and manufacturers by removing a layer of local compliance.

Who authored SB2284?

SB2284 was authored by Texas Senator Adam Hinojosa during the Regular Session.

When was SB2284 signed into law?

SB2284 was signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott on May 28, 2025.

How urgent is compliance with SB2284?

The compliance urgency for SB2284 is rated as "moderate". Businesses and organizations should review the requirements and timeline to ensure timely compliance.

What is the cost impact of SB2284?

The cost impact of SB2284 is estimated as "low". This may vary based on industry and implementation requirements.

What topics does SB2284 address?

SB2284 addresses topics including city government, city government--general, county government, county government--general and weapons.

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