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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

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

  1. 2025-02-20

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-02-20

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-02-20

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-02-20

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-02-24

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-02-24

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-02-24

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-02-24

    Vote taken in committee

  9. 2025-02-25

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-02-25

    Committee report printed and distributed

  11. 2025-02-26

    Co-author authorized

  12. 2025-02-26

    Placed on intent calendar

  13. 2025-02-27

    Co-author authorized

  14. 2025-02-27

    Rules suspended-Constitutional 60-Day

  15. 2025-02-27

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  16. 2025-02-27

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  17. 2025-02-27

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  18. 2025-02-27

    Amendment fails of adoption

    amendment-failure

  19. 2025-02-27

    Record vote

  20. 2025-02-27

    Passed to engrossment

  21. 2025-02-27

    Vote recorded in Journal

  22. 2025-02-27

    Three day rule suspended

  23. 2025-02-27

    Record vote

  24. 2025-02-27

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  25. 2025-02-27

    Passed

    passage

  26. 2025-02-27

    Record vote

  27. 2025-02-27

    Reported engrossed

  28. 2025-03-04

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  29. 2025-03-26

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  30. 2025-03-26

    Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures

    referral-committee

  31. 2025-05-06

    Considered in public hearing

  32. 2025-05-06

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  33. 2025-05-06

    Left pending in committee

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

Related bills

Official source

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

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