SB650

Filed without the Governor's Signature
Authored by Royce West (D)
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Caption: Relating to requiring the use of electronically readable information to verify a purchaser's age in the retail sale of alcoholic beverages.
Initially Referred to Senate State Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican
Last Referred to House Licensing & Administrative Procedures Committee, chaired by a Republican
SB 650 mandates the use of electronically readable information from government-issued IDs to verify age during the retail sale of alcoholic beverages. It sets a compliance timeline, with enforcement starting in September 2027, and directs the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission to adopt relevant rules.

Co-authors: Blanco (D); Flores (R); Menendez (D); Perry (R)
Sponsors: Bowers (D)

Dec 18, 2024


(S) West signed onto the bill as Author
(S) Received by the Secretary of the Senate
(S) Filed
 

Feb 3, 2025


(S) Read first time
(S) Referred to the Senate State Affairs, chaired by a Republican
 

Mar 17, 2025


(S) Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
(S) Considered in public hearing
(S) Testimony taken in committee
(S) Vote taken in committee
 

Mar 18, 2025


(S) Reported favorably as substituted
(S) Committee report printed and distributed
 

Mar 20, 2025


(S) Placed on intent calendar
 

Mar 24, 2025


(S) Not again placed on intent calendar
 

Mar 25, 2025


(S) Placed on intent calendar
 

Mar 26, 2025


(S) Perry signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Menendez signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Flores signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Blanco signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Co-author authorized
(S) Motion to suspend regular order of business
(S) Motion withdrawn
(S) Rules suspended-Regular order of business
(S) Record vote
(S) Read 2nd time
(S) A Democrat amendment (No. FA1) from West was offered.
(S) Amended
(S) Vote recorded in Journal
(S) Passed to engrossment as amended
(S) Vote recorded in Journal
(S) Three day rule suspended
(S) Record vote
(S) Read 3rd time
(S) Passed
(S) Record vote
(S) Reported engrossed
 

Mar 27, 2025


(H) Received from the Senate
 

Apr 22, 2025


(H) Read first time
(H) Referred to the House Licensing & Administrative Procedures, chaired by a Republican
 

May 6, 2025


(H) Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) Committee substitute considered in committee
(H) Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
(H) Left pending in committee
 

May 13, 2025


(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) Committee substitute considered in committee
(H) Reported favorably as substituted
 

May 15, 2025


(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
(H) Committee report distributed
(H) Committee report sent to Calendars
 

May 19, 2025


(H) Considered in Calendars
 

May 21, 2025


(H) Placed on General State Calendar
(H) Read 2nd time
(H) A Democrat amendment (No. 1) from Bowers amended the bill.
(H) Passed to 3rd reading as amended
(H) Record vote

RV#3169: Yea 99 (R 44, D 55) - Nay 39 (R 39, D 0)
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Yea - Allen; Anchia; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gamez; Garcia Hernandez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Gates; Geren; Gonzalez, J.; Gonzalez, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Kerwin; King; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Munoz; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodriguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Simmons; Swanson; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Alders; Bumgarner; Cain; Cook; Cunningham; Gerdes; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; LaHood; Leo Wilson; Little; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; McLaughlin; Morgan; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schofield; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Virdell

Absent - Bernal; Buckley; Kitzman; Lopez, R.; Martinez Fischer; Moody; Tepper; Vo

Present, Not Voting - Burrows; Vasut

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded.

Stan Kitzman: "When Record No. 3169 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Will Metcalf: "When Record No. 3169 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

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May 22, 2025


(H) Rules suspended
(H) Additional sponsor(s) authorized
(H) Read 3rd time
(H) Passed
(H) Record vote

RV#3201: Yea 97 (R 39, D 58) - Nay 46 (R 44, D 2)
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Yea - Allen; Anchia; Ashby; Barry; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Cain; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gamez; Garcia Hernandez; Garcia, L.; Gates; Gonzalez, J.; Gonzalez, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McQueeney; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Munoz; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodriguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Simmons; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wilson; Zwiener

Nay - Alders; Bumgarner; Campos; Cook; Garcia, J.; Gerdes; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; Kerwin; Lambert; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; McLaughlin; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Oliverson; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schofield; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Virdell; Wharton

Absent - Bell, C.; Geren; Wu

Present, Not Voting - Burrows; Vasut

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded.

Briscoe Cain: "When Record No. 3201 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Cody Vasut: "When Record No. 3201 was taken, I was presiding in the chair and was shown voting present, not voting. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 3201 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Liz Campos: "When Record No. 3201 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

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May 23, 2025


(S) House passage as amended reported
 

May 29, 2025


(S) House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
(S) Read
(S) Senate refuses to concur
(S) Senate requests conference committee
(S) Senate appoints conferees
(H) Senate refuses to concur-reported
(H) Senate requests conference committee-reported
(H) Senate appoints conferees-reported
 

May 30, 2025


(H) House grants request for conference committee
(H) House appoints conferees
(S) House grants request for conf comm-reported
(S) House appoints conferees-reported
 

May 31, 2025


(S) Conference committee report filed
(H) Conf. Comm. Report distributed
 

Jun 1, 2025


(S) Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds
(S) Senate adopts conference committee report
(S) Record vote

20250601_SB650_FA1: Yea 28 (R 17, D 11) - Nay 3 (R 3, D 0)

Yea - A. Hinojosa; Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Cook; Creighton; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hagenbuch; Hall; Hancock; Huffman; J. Hinojosa; Johnson; King; Menendez; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; West; Zaffirini

Nay - Hughes; Kolkhorst; Middleton

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(H) House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
(H) House adopts conference committee report
(H) Record vote

RV#4149: Yea 82 (R 28, D 54) - Nay 57 (R 57, D 0)
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Yea - Anchia; Ashby; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Dean; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gamez; Garcia Hernandez; Garcia, J.; Gates; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Gonzalez, J.; Gonzalez, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Munoz; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Rodriguez Ramos; Romero; Rosenthal; Simmons; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Alders; Barry; Bell, C.; Bonnen; Bumgarner; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; DeAyala; Frank; Gerdes; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schofield; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Wharton

Absent - Davis, Y.; Longoria; Morales, C.; Reynolds; Rose

Present, Not Voting - Burrows; Landgraf

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded.

Pat Curry: "When Record No. 4149 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Tom Craddick: "When Record No. 4149 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Toni Rose: "When Record No. 4149 was taken, I was temporarily out of the house chamber. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

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(H) Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
(S) House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
(S) Reported enrolled
 

Jun 2, 2025


(S) Signed in the Senate
(H) Signed in the House
 

Jun 3, 2025


(E) Sent to the Governor
 


(S) Bowers signed onto the bill as Sponsor

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(Mon 3/17/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Lance Lively for Texas Package Stores Association
 

For

(Mon 3/17/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Charlotte Stephens for self
(Tue 5/6/2025) Testifying before H Licensing & Administrative Procedures as Charlotte Stephens for self
(Mon 3/17/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Bruce Harris for self
(Tue 5/6/2025) Registering before H Licensing & Administrative Procedures as David Mintz for Be A Blake Foundation
(Mon 3/17/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Desiree Castro for Texas Food and Fuel Association
(Tue 5/6/2025) Registering before H Licensing & Administrative Procedures as Desiree Castro for Texas Food and Fuel Association
(Mon 3/17/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Lance Lively for self (with Texas Package Stores Association)
(Tue 5/6/2025) Registering before H Licensing & Administrative Procedures as Shelton Green for Texans for safe and drug free youth
(Mon 3/17/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Shelton Green for Texans for Safe and Drug Free Youth
(Tue 5/6/2025) Registering before H Licensing & Administrative Procedures as Steven Deline for self
(Mon 3/17/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Thomas Parkinson for self
(Tue 5/6/2025) Registering before H Licensing & Administrative Procedures as Thomas Parkinson for self
(Mon 3/17/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Ware Wendell for Texas Watch
 

On

(Mon 3/17/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Matthew Cherry for TABC
(Mon 3/17/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Nicole Langley for TABC
(Tue 5/6/2025) Registering before H Licensing & Administrative Procedures as Matthew Cherry for TABC



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