Bill Commons

TX SB 3070

enacted

Relating to the abolishment of the Texas Lottery Commission and the transfer of the administration of the state lottery and the licensing and regulation of charitable bingo to the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation; creating criminal offenses.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 3070 pass?

Yes. TX SB 3070 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective immediately

What is TX SB 3070 about?

TX SB 3070 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the abolishment of the Texas Lottery Commission and the transfer of the administration of the state lottery and the licensing and regulation of charitable bingo to the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation; creating criminal offenses.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 3070?

Hall, Geren are the primary sponsors of TX SB 3070, joined by 11 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-05-12
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective immediately
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hallprimary
  • Gerenprimary
  • Bettencourtcosponsor
  • Campbellcosponsor
  • Creightoncosponsor
  • Kingcosponsor
  • Kolkhorstcosponsor
  • Menéndezcosponsor
  • Middletoncosponsor
  • Parkercosponsor
  • Paxtoncosponsor
  • Sparkscosponsor
  • Alvaradocosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-20

    Effective immediately

    became-law

  2. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-06-02

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-06-01

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-31

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  8. 2025-05-30

    Record vote

  9. 2025-05-30

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  10. 2025-05-30

    Read

  11. 2025-05-30

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  12. 2025-05-26

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  13. 2025-05-26

    Reason for vote recorded in Journal

  14. 2025-05-26

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  15. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  16. 2025-05-26

    Passed

    passage

  17. 2025-05-26

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  18. 2025-05-25

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  19. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  20. 2025-05-25

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  21. 2025-05-25

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  22. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  23. 2025-05-25

    Amendment adopted as amended

    amendment-passage

  24. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  25. 2025-05-25

    Amendment to amendment tabled

  26. 2025-05-25

    Amendment to amendment withdrawn

    withdrawal

  27. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  28. 2025-05-25

    Amendment amended

    amendment-amendment

  29. 2025-05-25

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  30. 2025-05-25

    Laid out as postponed business

  31. 2025-05-25

    Postponed

  32. 2025-05-25

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  33. 2025-05-25

    Placed on Major State Calendar

  34. 2025-05-23

    Considered in Calendars

  35. 2025-05-23

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  36. 2025-05-23

    Committee report distributed

  37. 2025-05-23

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  38. 2025-05-20

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  39. 2025-05-20

    Considered in formal meeting

  40. 2025-05-19

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  41. 2025-05-19

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  42. 2025-05-16

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  43. 2025-05-16

    Placed on intent calendar

  44. 2025-05-15

    Reported engrossed

  45. 2025-05-15

    Record vote

  46. 2025-05-15

    Passed

    passage

  47. 2025-05-15

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  48. 2025-05-15

    Record vote

  49. 2025-05-15

    Three day rule suspended

  50. 2025-05-15

    Vote recorded in Journal

  51. 2025-05-15

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  52. 2025-05-15

    Committee report printed and distributed

  53. 2025-05-15

    Vote recorded in Journal

  54. 2025-05-15

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  55. 2025-05-15

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  56. 2025-05-15

    Vote recorded in Journal

  57. 2025-05-15

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  58. 2025-05-15

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  59. 2025-05-15

    Vote recorded in Journal

  60. 2025-05-15

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  61. 2025-05-15

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  62. 2025-05-15

    Vote recorded in Journal

  63. 2025-05-15

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  64. 2025-05-15

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  65. 2025-05-15

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  66. 2025-05-15

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  67. 2025-05-15

    Rules suspended-Intent Calendar

  68. 2025-05-15

    Printing rule suspended

  69. 2025-05-15

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  70. 2025-05-15

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  71. 2025-05-15

    Co-author authorized

  72. 2025-05-14

    Vote taken in committee

  73. 2025-05-14

    Considered in public hearing

  74. 2025-05-12

    Left pending in committee

  75. 2025-05-12

    Testimony taken in committee

  76. 2025-05-12

    Considered in public hearing

  77. 2025-05-12

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  78. 2025-05-12

    Posting rule suspended

  79. 2025-05-12

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  80. 2025-05-12

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  81. 2025-05-12

    Permission to introduce

  82. 2025-05-12

    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 3070 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-15 · pass · 31-0

  • passage

    2025-05-25 · pass · 110-29

    Member-level votes (151)
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Alders: no
    • Ashby: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Cain: no
    • Cook: no
    • Cunningham: no
    • Dorazio: no
    • Frank: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hayes: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Little: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Lozano: no
    • Luther: no
    • Money: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Oliverson: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Troxclair: no
    • Wharton: no
    • Wilson: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Cortez: absent
    • Davis, Y.: absent
    • Jones, V.: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • King: absent
    • Meza: absent
    • Reynolds: absent
    • Hull: absent
    • Plesa: absent
    • Virdel: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-26 · pass · 112-27

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Alders: no
    • Ashby: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Cain: no
    • Cook: no
    • Dorazio: no
    • Frank: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hefner: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Kerwin: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Little: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Lozano: no
    • Money: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schofield: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Bowers: absent
    • Fairly: absent
    • Gates: absent
    • Lopez, J.: absent
    • Luther: absent
    • Muñoz: absent
    • Oliverson: absent
    • Orr: absent
    • Rodríguez Ramos: absent
    • Virdell: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-30 · pass · 31-0

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