Assigned to Committee Authored by Bob Hall (R) View at Source
Caption: Relating to a lottery game played or facilitated for play by telephone or through an Internet or mobile Internet application; creating criminal offenses. Initially Referred to Senate State Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican Last Referred to House Licensing & Administrative Procedures Committee, chaired by a Republican This bill would cost taxpayers $131,190,000.00 over five years, according to the Legislative Budget Bureau.
Lt. Gov. Patrick Priority: Banning Lottery Couriers
Primary authors: A. Hinojosa (R); Alvarado (D); Bettencourt (R); Birdwell (R); Campbell (R); Cook (D); Creighton (R); Flores (R); Hagenbuch (R); Hall (R); Hancock (R); Huffman (R); King (R); Kolkhorst (R); Middleton (R); Paxton (R); Perry (R); Sparks (R); West (D) Co-authors: Blanco (D); Gutierrez (D); Hughes (R); J. Hinojosa (D); Johnson (D); Menendez (D); Miles (D); Nichols (R); Parker (R); Schwertner (R); Zaffirini (D)
Feb 20, 2025
(S) Creighton signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) A. Hinojosa signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) Alvarado signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) Bettencourt signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) Birdwell signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) Hall signed onto the bill as Author (S) Campbell signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) Cook signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) Flores signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) Hagenbuch signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) Hancock signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) Huffman signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) King signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) Kolkhorst signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) Middleton signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) Paxton signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) Perry signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) Sparks signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) West signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) Received by the Secretary of the Senate (S) Filed (S) Read first time (S) Referred to the Senate State Affairs, chaired by a Republican
Feb 24, 2025
(S) Scheduled for public hearing on . . . (S) Considered in public hearing (S) Testimony taken in committee (S) Vote taken in committee
Feb 25, 2025
(S) Reported favorably w/o amendments (S) Committee report printed and distributed
Feb 26, 2025
(S) Menendez signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Blanco signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Hughes signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) J. Hinojosa signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Johnson signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Miles signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Nichols signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Parker signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Schwertner signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Co-author authorized (S) Placed on intent calendar
Feb 27, 2025
(S) Zaffirini signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Gutierrez signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Co-author authorized (S) Rules suspended-Constitutional 60-Day (S) Rules suspended-Regular order of business (S) Second Reading of SB28
20250227_SB28_2R: Yea 31 (R 20, D 11) - Nay 0 (R 0, D 0)
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(S) Record vote (S) Reported engrossed
Mar 4, 2025
(H) Received from the Senate
Mar 26, 2025
(H) Read first time (H) Referred to the House Licensing & Administrative Procedures, chaired by a Republican
Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill
Against
(Mon 2/24/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Andrew Fries for Jackpocket (Mon 2/24/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Greg Potts for Lottery.com (Mon 2/24/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Paul Prezioso for Jackpot.com (Mon 2/24/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Peter Sullivan for Jackpocket (Mon 2/24/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Robert Porter for (Tue 5/6/2025) Testifying before H Licensing & Administrative Procedures as Robert Porter for Lotto.com (Tue 5/6/2025) Registering before H Licensing & Administrative Procedures as Andrew Fries for Jackpocket (Tue 5/6/2025) Registering before H Licensing & Administrative Procedures as Joanna Klose for self (Tue 5/6/2025) Registering before H Licensing & Administrative Procedures as Paul Prezioso for Jackpot.com (Tue 5/6/2025) Registering before H Licensing & Administrative Procedures as Steven Deline for self (Tue 5/6/2025) Registering before H Licensing & Administrative Procedures as Susana Carranza for self
For
(Mon 2/24/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Andrew McVeigh for self (with Texans for Fiscal Responsibility) (Mon 2/24/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Cindi Castilla for self (with Texas Eagle Forum) (Mon 2/24/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Dawn Nettles for self (Mon 2/24/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as John Litzler for Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission (Tue 5/6/2025) Testifying before H Licensing & Administrative Procedures as John Litzler for Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission (Mon 2/24/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Megan Benton for self (with Texas Values Action) (Mon 2/24/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Paul Hardin for Texas Food and Fuel Association (Mon 2/24/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Rob Kohler for Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission (Tue 5/6/2025) Testifying before H Licensing & Administrative Procedures as Rob Kohler for Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission (Tue 5/6/2025) Registering before H Licensing & Administrative Procedures as Brita Treat for self (Tue 5/6/2025) Registering before H Licensing & Administrative Procedures as Charlene Reagan for self (with True Texas Project) (Tue 5/6/2025) Registering before H Licensing & Administrative Procedures as Cheryl Richter for self (Mon 2/24/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as David DeAngelo for RaceTrac, Inc. (Tue 5/6/2025) Registering before H Licensing & Administrative Procedures as David Rogers for self (with True Texas Project) (Mon 2/24/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Debra Ransdell for self (Mon 2/24/2025) 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 (Tue 5/6/2025) Registering before H Licensing & Administrative Procedures as Fran Rhodes for self (with True Texas Project) (Mon 2/24/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Guy Herman for self (Mon 2/24/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as James Ransdell for self (Mon 2/24/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Jason Nelson for Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas (Tue 5/6/2025) Registering before H Licensing & Administrative Procedures as Jason Nelson for Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas (Tue 5/6/2025) Registering before H Licensing & Administrative Procedures as Jennifer Kratky for self (with True Texas Project) (Tue 5/6/2025) Registering before H Licensing & Administrative Procedures as Judah Clary for self (with True Texas Project) (Tue 5/6/2025) Registering before H Licensing & Administrative Procedures as Julie McCarty for self (with True Texas Project) (Tue 5/6/2025) Registering before H Licensing & Administrative Procedures as Kaden Lopez for self (with Texas Family Project) (Tue 5/6/2025) Registering before H Licensing & Administrative Procedures as Laura Giles for self (Mon 2/24/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Lucy Trainor for self (Tue 5/6/2025) Registering before H Licensing & Administrative Procedures as Mark Treat for self (Mon 2/24/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Mary Castle for Texas Values Action (Tue 5/6/2025) Registering before H Licensing & Administrative Procedures as Shelia Franklin for self (with True Texas Project)
On
(Mon 2/24/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Bob Biard for Texas Lottery Commission (Mon 2/24/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Cindy Fields for Texas lottery commission (Mon 2/24/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Joseph Lapinski for IGT (Mon 2/24/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Kenneth Broughton for IGT (Mon 2/24/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Manfred Sternberg for self (with Client) (Mon 2/24/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Mark Franz for Texas Lottery Commission (Mon 2/24/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Robert Rivera for Texas Lottery Commission (Mon 2/24/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Ryan Mindell for Texas Lottery Commission (Tue 5/6/2025) Registering before H Licensing & Administrative Procedures as Sergio Rey for Texas Lottery Commission
