---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the sampling of distilled spirits provided by the manufacturer to a retailer of distilled spirits."
description: "Relating to the sampling of distilled spirits provided by the manufacturer to a retailer of distilled spirits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1997"
citation: "Texas HB 1997 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverage Regulation (I0025)", "PERMITS (S0011)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Geren", "Hancock"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 56
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-19"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c1544cc-48a1-4e4f-947e-4c87982aeb7f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01900_HB01999/HB 1997.xml"
source_hash: "91508aef383cb257a956b9f1997d79622d57385b633848eac7c1bbc88f5f1883"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas HB 1997 (86) — Relating to the sampling of distilled spirits provided by the manufacturer to a retailer of distilled spirits.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB01997I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **133–2** (pass) · lower
- other — **144–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Geren — primary (person)
- Hancock — primary (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-19** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-26** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-02** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-02** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-08** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-17** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Record vote
- **2019-04-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-18** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-07** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-09** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-10** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-13** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-15** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-15** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-15** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-22** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-22** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c1544cc-48a1-4e4f-947e-4c87982aeb7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).