Bill Commons

TX SB 650

enacted

Relating to requiring the use of electronically readable information to verify a purchaser's age in the retail sale of alcoholic beverages.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 650 pass?

Yes. TX SB 650 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-22. Latest recorded action (2025-06-22): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 650 about?

TX SB 650 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to requiring the use of electronically readable information to verify a purchaser's age in the retail sale of alcoholic beverages.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 650?

Jones, Jolanda, Thompson, Morales Shaw and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 650, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Introduced
2024-12-18
Latest action
2025-06-22 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Jones, Jolandaprimary
  • Thompsonprimary
  • Morales Shawprimary
  • Plesaprimary
  • Westprimary
  • Bowersprimary
  • Blancocosponsor
  • Florescosponsor
  • Menéndezcosponsor
  • Perrycosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2024-12-18

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2024-12-18

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-02-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-02-03

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-17

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-03-17

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-03-17

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-03-17

    Vote taken in committee

  9. 2025-03-18

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-03-18

    Committee report printed and distributed

  11. 2025-03-20

    Placed on intent calendar

  12. 2025-03-24

    Not again placed on intent calendar

  13. 2025-03-25

    Placed on intent calendar

  14. 2025-03-26

    Co-author authorized

  15. 2025-03-26

    Motion to suspend regular order of business

  16. 2025-03-26

    Motion withdrawn

    withdrawal

  17. 2025-03-26

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  18. 2025-03-26

    Record vote

  19. 2025-03-26

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  20. 2025-03-26

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  21. 2025-03-26

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  22. 2025-03-26

    Vote recorded in Journal

  23. 2025-03-26

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  24. 2025-03-26

    Vote recorded in Journal

  25. 2025-03-26

    Three day rule suspended

  26. 2025-03-26

    Record vote

  27. 2025-03-26

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  28. 2025-03-26

    Passed

    passage

  29. 2025-03-26

    Record vote

  30. 2025-03-26

    Reported engrossed

  31. 2025-03-27

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  32. 2025-04-22

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  33. 2025-04-22

    Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures

    referral-committee

  34. 2025-05-06

    Considered in public hearing

  35. 2025-05-06

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  36. 2025-05-06

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  37. 2025-05-06

    Left pending in committee

  38. 2025-05-13

    Considered in public hearing

  39. 2025-05-13

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  40. 2025-05-13

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  41. 2025-05-15

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  42. 2025-05-15

    Committee report distributed

  43. 2025-05-15

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  44. 2025-05-19

    Considered in Calendars

  45. 2025-05-21

    Placed on General State Calendar

  46. 2025-05-21

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  47. 2025-05-21

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  48. 2025-05-21

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  49. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  50. 2025-05-21

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  51. 2025-05-22

    Rules suspended

  52. 2025-05-22

    Additional sponsor(s) authorized

  53. 2025-05-22

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  54. 2025-05-22

    Passed

    passage

  55. 2025-05-22

    Record vote

  56. 2025-05-22

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  57. 2025-05-23

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  58. 2025-05-29

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  59. 2025-05-29

    Read

  60. 2025-05-29

    Senate refuses to concur

  61. 2025-05-29

    Senate requests conference committee

  62. 2025-05-29

    Senate appoints conferees

  63. 2025-05-29

    Senate refuses to concur-reported

  64. 2025-05-29

    Senate requests conference committee-reported

  65. 2025-05-29

    Senate appoints conferees-reported

  66. 2025-05-30

    House grants request for conference committee

  67. 2025-05-30

    House appoints conferees

  68. 2025-05-30

    House grants request for conf comm-reported

  69. 2025-05-30

    House appoints conferees-reported

  70. 2025-05-31

    Conference committee report filed

    filing

  71. 2025-05-31

    Conf. Comm. Report distributed

  72. 2025-06-01

    Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds

  73. 2025-06-01

    Senate adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  74. 2025-06-01

    Record vote

  75. 2025-06-01

    House adopts resolution to go outside bounds

  76. 2025-06-01

    House adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  77. 2025-06-01

    Record vote

  78. 2025-06-01

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  79. 2025-06-01

    Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  80. 2025-06-01

    House adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  81. 2025-06-01

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  82. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  83. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the House

    passage

  84. 2025-06-03

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  85. 2025-06-22

    Filed without the Governor's signature

    became-law

  86. 2025-06-22

    Effective on 9/1/25

    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 CSSB 650 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-03-26 · pass · 31-0

  • passage

    2025-03-26 · pass · 0-0

  • passage

    2025-05-21 · pass · 99-39

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Alders: no
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Cain: no
    • Cook: no
    • Cunningham: no
    • Gerdes: no
    • Harris Davila: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hayes: no
    • Holt: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Hull: no
    • Isaac: no
    • LaHood: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Little: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Lozano: no
    • Luther: no
    • McLaughlin: no
    • Morgan: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Oliverson: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Paul: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schofield: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Shaheen: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Smithee: no
    • Spiller: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Troxclair: no
    • Virdell: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Vasut(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Bernal: absent
    • Buckley: absent
    • Kitzman: absent
    • Lopez, R.: absent
    • Fischer: absent
    • Moody: absent
    • Tepper: absent
    • Vo: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-22 · pass · 97-46

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: 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
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Alders: no
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Campos: no
    • Cook: no
    • Garcia, J.: no
    • Gerdes: no
    • Harris: no
    • Harris Davila: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hayes: no
    • Hefner: no
    • Holt: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Hull: no
    • Isaac: no
    • Kerwin: no
    • Lambert: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Little: no
    • Louderback: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Lozano: no
    • Luther: no
    • McLaughlin: no
    • Metcalf: no
    • Money: no
    • Morgan: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Oliverson: no
    • Paul: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schofield: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Shaheen: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Smithee: no
    • Spiller: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Troxclair: no
    • Virdell: no
    • Wharton: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Vasut(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • LaHoo: absent
    • Bell: absent
    • C: absent
    • Geren: absent
    • W: absent
  • passage

    2025-06-01 · pass · 82-57

    Member-level votes (183)
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Alders: no
    • Barry: no
    • Bell, C.: no
    • Bonnen: no
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Cain: no
    • Capriglione: no
    • Cook: no
    • DeAyala: no
    • Frank: no
    • Gerdes: no
    • Harris Davila: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hayes: no
    • Hefner: no
    • Hickland: no
    • Holt: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Hull: no
    • Isaac: no
    • Kerwin: no
    • King: no
    • LaHood: no
    • Leach: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Little: no
    • Louderback: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Lozano: no
    • Luther: no
    • McLaughlin: no
    • McQueeney: no
    • Metcalf: no
    • Money: no
    • Morgan: no
    • Noble: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Oliverson: no
    • Paul: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schofield: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Shaheen: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Smithee: no
    • Spiller: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Troxclair: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Villalobos: no
    • Virdell: no
    • Wharton: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Landgraf(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Allen: absent
    • Garcia: absent
    • L: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Davis: absent
    • Y: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Morales: absent
    • C: absent
    • Reynolds: absent
    • Ros: absent
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Eckhardt: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Miles: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Hughes: no
    • Kolkhorst: no
    • Middleton: no

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