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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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 3070 pass?

Yes. TX SB 3070 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. 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

  1. 2025-05-12

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-05-12

    Permission to introduce

  3. 2025-05-12

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-05-12

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-05-12

    Posting rule suspended

  6. 2025-05-12

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  7. 2025-05-12

    Considered in public hearing

  8. 2025-05-12

    Testimony taken in committee

  9. 2025-05-12

    Left pending in committee

  10. 2025-05-14

    Considered in public hearing

  11. 2025-05-14

    Vote taken in committee

  12. 2025-05-15

    Co-author authorized

  13. 2025-05-15

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  14. 2025-05-15

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  15. 2025-05-16

    Placed on intent calendar

  16. 2025-05-15

    Printing rule suspended

  17. 2025-05-15

    Rules suspended-Intent Calendar

  18. 2025-05-15

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  19. 2025-05-15

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  20. 2025-05-15

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  21. 2025-05-15

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  22. 2025-05-15

    Vote recorded in Journal

  23. 2025-05-15

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  24. 2025-05-15

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  25. 2025-05-15

    Vote recorded in Journal

  26. 2025-05-15

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  27. 2025-05-15

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  28. 2025-05-15

    Vote recorded in Journal

  29. 2025-05-15

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  30. 2025-05-15

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  31. 2025-05-15

    Vote recorded in Journal

  32. 2025-05-15

    Committee report printed and distributed

  33. 2025-05-15

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  34. 2025-05-15

    Vote recorded in Journal

  35. 2025-05-15

    Three day rule suspended

  36. 2025-05-15

    Record vote

  37. 2025-05-15

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  38. 2025-05-15

    Passed

    passage

  39. 2025-05-15

    Record vote

  40. 2025-05-15

    Reported engrossed

  41. 2025-05-16

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  42. 2025-05-19

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  43. 2025-05-19

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  44. 2025-05-20

    Considered in formal meeting

  45. 2025-05-20

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  46. 2025-05-23

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  47. 2025-05-23

    Committee report distributed

  48. 2025-05-23

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  49. 2025-05-23

    Considered in Calendars

  50. 2025-05-25

    Placed on Major State Calendar

  51. 2025-05-25

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  52. 2025-05-25

    Postponed

  53. 2025-05-25

    Laid out as postponed business

  54. 2025-05-25

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  55. 2025-05-25

    Amendment amended

    amendment-amendment

  56. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  57. 2025-05-25

    Amendment to amendment withdrawn

    withdrawal

  58. 2025-05-25

    Amendment to amendment tabled

  59. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  60. 2025-05-25

    Amendment adopted as amended

    amendment-passage

  61. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  62. 2025-05-25

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  63. 2025-05-25

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  64. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  65. 2025-05-25

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  66. 2025-05-26

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  67. 2025-05-26

    Passed

    passage

  68. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  69. 2025-05-26

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  70. 2025-05-26

    Reason for vote recorded in Journal

  71. 2025-05-26

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  72. 2025-05-30

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  73. 2025-05-30

    Read

  74. 2025-05-30

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  75. 2025-05-30

    Record vote

  76. 2025-05-31

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  77. 2025-06-01

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  78. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  79. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the House

    passage

  80. 2025-06-02

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  81. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  82. 2025-06-20

    Effective immediately

    became-law

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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