SB28 • 2025

Relating to a lottery game played or facilitated for play by telephone or through an Internet or mobile Internet application; creating criminal offenses.

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Sponsor: Hall | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Campbell | Cook | Creighton | Flores | Hagenbuch | Hancock | Hinojosa, Adam | Huffman | King | Kolkhorst | Middleton | Paxton | Perry | Sparks | West
Last action: 2025-05-06
Official status: 05/06/2025 H Left pending in committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Relating to a lottery game played or facilitated for play by telephone or through an Internet or mobile Internet application; creating criminal offenses.

What This Bill Does

Relating to a lottery game played or facilitated for play by telephone or through an Internet or mobile Internet application; creating criminal offenses.

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Bill History

2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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Left pending in committee
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Read first time
2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online
Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures
2025-03-04 Texas Legislature Online
Received from the Senate
2025-02-27 Texas Legislature Online
Co-author authorized
2025-02-27 Texas Legislature Online
Rules suspended-Constitutional 60-Day
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Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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Read 2nd time
2025-02-27 Texas Legislature Online
Amendment(s) offered. FA1 Gutierrez
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Amendment fails of adoption
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Record vote
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Passed to engrossment
2025-02-27 Texas Legislature Online
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-02-27 Texas Legislature Online
Three day rule suspended
2025-02-27 Texas Legislature Online
Record vote
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Read 3rd time
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Passed
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Record vote
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Reported engrossed
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Co-author authorized
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Placed on intent calendar
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Reported favorably w/o amendments
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Committee report printed and distributed
2025-02-24 Texas Legislature Online
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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Considered in public hearing
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Testimony taken in committee
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Vote taken in committee
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Received by the Secretary of the Senate
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Filed
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Read first time
2025-02-20 Texas Legislature Online
Referred to State Affairs

Official Summary Text

Relating to a lottery game played or facilitated for play by telephone or through an Internet or mobile Internet application; creating criminal offenses.

Current Bill Text

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89(R) SB 28 - Engrossed version - Bill Text

By: Hall, et al.

S.B. No. 28

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a lottery game played or facilitated for play by

telephone or through an Internet or mobile Internet application;

creating criminal offenses.

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

SECTION 1. Section 466.015(b), Government Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(b) The commission shall adopt rules to the extent they are

not inconsistent with Chapters 551 and 552 governing the:

(1) security for the lottery and the commission,

including the development of an internal security plan;

(2) apportionment of the total revenues from the sale

of tickets and from all other sources in the amounts provided by

this chapter;

(3) enforcement of prohibitions on the sale of tickets

to or by an individual younger than 18 years of age; and

(4) enforcement of prohibitions on a person playing
or

facilitating the play of
a lottery game by telephone
or through an

Internet application or mobile Internet application in violation of

Section 466.318
.

SECTION 2. Subchapter G, Chapter 466, Government Code, is

amended by adding Section 466.318 to read as follows:

Sec.

466.318.

PLAY OR FACILITATING PLAY BY TELEPHONE OR BY

INTERNET OR MOBILE INTERNET APPLICATION. (a)

A person may not by

telephone or through an Internet application or mobile Internet

application:

(1)

purchase or order the purchase of a ticket for a

lottery game; or

(2) for compensation:

(A)

accept an order for a ticket for a lottery

game from a player;

(B)

sell a ticket for a lottery game to a player;

or

(C) arrange:

(i)

to purchase a ticket on behalf of a

person playing a lottery game; or

(ii)

for another person to purchase a

ticket on behalf of a person playing a lottery game.

(b)

A person commits an offense if the person violates this

section.

(c)

An offense under Subsection (a)(1) is a Class C

misdemeanor.

(d)

An offense under Subsection (a)(2) is a Class A

misdemeanor.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.