State Sen. Creighton Collapsed During Permitless Carry Debate

AUSTIN — State Senator Brandon Creighton collapsed on the Senate floor Wednesday evening during a debate on HB 1927, the permitless carry bill, according to a Houston Chronicle report.

Shortly after the Senate passed the bill in a preliminary 18-13 vote, Creighton, a Republican from Conroe, fell and was helped off the floor by Department of Public Safety officers. He was tended to in an ambulance outside the Capitol.

Erin Daly Wilson, spokesperson for Creighton, said in a statement that Creighton was recently involved in a vehicle crash and had been resting Monday and Tuesday before returning to vote on the bill Wednesday.

Now that HB 1927 has passed both chambers of the Texas Legislature, it will go back to committee for approval of amendments before being sent to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to be signed. Abbott previously said he would sign the bill into law if it reached his desk.

Creighton represents District 4, which includes all of Liberty and Orange counties and parts of Chambers, Harris, Jefferson and Montgomery counties. Creighton has been a member of the Texas Legislature since 2007, including a Senator since 2014, when he won the special election after Tommy Williams resigned.