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SB1346 • 2025

Relating to prohibited sales to persons attempting to purchase all or substantially all possible winning tickets in a lottery drawing.

Relating to prohibited sales to persons attempting to purchase all or substantially all possible winning tickets in a lottery drawing.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Hughes
Last action
2025-06-20
Official status
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Effective date
2025-06-20

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relating to prohibited sales to persons attempting to purchase all or substantially all possible winning tickets in a lottery drawing.

Relating to prohibited sales to persons attempting to purchase all or substantially all possible winning tickets in a lottery drawing.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to prohibited sales to persons attempting to purchase all or substantially all possible winning tickets in a lottery drawing.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective on 9/1/25

  3. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  4. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  5. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  6. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  7. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to 3rd reading

  8. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#3632

  9. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  10. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  11. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  12. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#3679

  13. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  14. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    House passage reported

  15. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  16. 2025-05-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  17. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  18. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  19. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  20. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  21. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  22. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  23. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  24. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  25. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  26. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  27. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  28. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures

  29. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the Senate

  30. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  31. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Laid before the Senate

  32. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

  33. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  34. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  35. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  36. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  37. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  38. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  39. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  40. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  41. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  42. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  43. 2025-03-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  44. 2025-03-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  45. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  46. 2025-03-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  47. 2025-03-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  48. 2025-03-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  49. 2025-03-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  50. 2025-03-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  51. 2025-03-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to State Affairs

  52. 2025-02-18 Texas Legislature Online

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

  53. 2025-02-18 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to prohibited sales to persons attempting to purchase all or substantially all possible winning tickets in a lottery drawing.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) SB 1346 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

S.B. No. 1346

AN ACT

relating to prohibited sales to persons attempting to purchase all

or substantially all possible winning tickets in a lottery drawing.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 466, Government Code, is

amended by adding Section 466.1555 to read as follows:

Sec.

466.1555.

PROHIBITED SALES TO PERSONS ATTEMPTING TO

PURCHASE ALL OR SUBSTANTIALLY ALL POSSIBLE WINNING LOTTERY TICKETS.

(a)

A sales agent may not knowingly sell or allow the sale of

tickets for a lottery game involving a drawing to one or more

persons attempting to purchase all or substantially all possible

winning tickets for the drawing.

(b)

After a hearing, the commission shall revoke a license

issued under this chapter to a sales agent who violates Subsection

(a) for each of the sales agent's licensed locations.

(c)

A person whose license is revoked under Subsection (b)

may not apply for a sales agent license under this chapter before

the first anniversary of the license revocation date.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1346 passed the Senate on

April 10, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1346 passed the House on

May 27, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 0, two

present not voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

______________________________

Date

______________________________

Governor