Bill Commons

TX SB 28

died on adjournment

Relating to a lottery game played or facilitated for play by telephone or through an Internet or mobile Internet application; creating criminal offenses.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · upper

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 28 pass?

No. TX SB 28 died when the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-05-06): Left pending in committee

What is TX SB 28 about?

TX SB 28 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to a lottery game played or facilitated for play by telephone or through an Internet or mobile Internet application; creating criminal offenses.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 28?

Hall, Alvarado, Bettencourt and 16 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 28, joined by 11 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-02-20
Latest action
2025-05-06 — Left pending in committee
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hallprimary
  • Alvaradoprimary
  • Bettencourtprimary
  • Birdwellprimary
  • Campbellprimary
  • Cookprimary
  • Creightonprimary
  • Floresprimary
  • Hagenbuchprimary
  • Hancockprimary
  • Hinojosa, Adamprimary
  • Huffmanprimary
  • Kingprimary
  • Kolkhorstprimary
  • Middletonprimary
  • Paxtonprimary
  • Perryprimary
  • Sparksprimary
  • Westprimary
  • Blancocosponsor
  • Gutierrezcosponsor
  • Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"cosponsor
  • Hughescosponsor
  • Johnsoncosponsor
  • Menéndezcosponsor
  • Milescosponsor
  • Nicholscosponsor
  • Parkercosponsor
  • Schwertnercosponsor
  • Zaffirinicosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-06

    Left pending in committee

  2. 2025-05-06

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  3. 2025-05-06

    Considered in public hearing

  4. 2025-03-26

    Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-26

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  6. 2025-03-04

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  7. 2025-02-27

    Reported engrossed

  8. 2025-02-27

    Record vote

  9. 2025-02-27

    Passed

    passage

  10. 2025-02-27

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  11. 2025-02-27

    Record vote

  12. 2025-02-27

    Three day rule suspended

  13. 2025-02-27

    Vote recorded in Journal

  14. 2025-02-27

    Passed to engrossment

  15. 2025-02-27

    Record vote

  16. 2025-02-27

    Amendment fails of adoption

    amendment-failure

  17. 2025-02-27

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  18. 2025-02-27

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  19. 2025-02-27

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  20. 2025-02-27

    Rules suspended-Constitutional 60-Day

  21. 2025-02-27

    Co-author authorized

  22. 2025-02-26

    Placed on intent calendar

  23. 2025-02-26

    Co-author authorized

  24. 2025-02-25

    Committee report printed and distributed

  25. 2025-02-25

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  26. 2025-02-24

    Vote taken in committee

  27. 2025-02-24

    Testimony taken in committee

  28. 2025-02-24

    Considered in public hearing

  29. 2025-02-24

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  30. 2025-02-20

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  31. 2025-02-20

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  32. 2025-02-20

    Filed

    filing

  33. 2025-02-20

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 28 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-02-27 · pass · 31-0

  • other

    2025-02-27 · fail · 11-20

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Eckhardt: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Miles: yes
    • West: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Bettencourt: no
    • Birdwell: no
    • Campbell: no
    • Creighton: no
    • Flores: no
    • Hagenbuch: no
    • Hall: no
    • Hancock: no
    • A. Hinojosa: no
    • Huffman: no
    • Hughes: no
    • King: no
    • Kolkhorst: no
    • Middleton: no
    • Nichols: no
    • Parker: no
    • Paxton: no
    • Perry: no
    • Schwertner: no
    • Sparks: no

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 28.xml

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