---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the local regulation of the sale of lemonade or other beverages by children."
description: "Relating to the local regulation of the sale of lemonade or other beverages by children."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 234"
citation: "Texas HB 234 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--General (I0060)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Health--General (I0385)", "Minors--General (I0537)", "FOOD (S0761)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Krause", "Middleton", "Nelson", "Phelan", "Price"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 72
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4843478-d3de-4a1d-b2c4-cb8df80d5c4d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00200_HB00299/HB 234.xml"
source_hash: "bbeb3e5f1a663b34afa520b11e20e11b528f0cc0c8a4d7130eccb85b3e95096a"
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 234 (86) — Relating to the local regulation of the sale of lemonade or other beverages by children.

## 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/HB00234I.HTM)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Guillen — primary (person)
- Krause — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Phelan — primary (person)
- Price — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
- Bonnen, Greg — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
- Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Raney — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
- Stickland — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Thierry — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Zerwas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-02-27** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-02-27** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-02-27** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-06** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-12** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-13** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-03-19** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-03-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-19** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-03-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-20** Record vote
- **2019-03-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-03-20** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-03-20** Reported engrossed
- **2019-03-21** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** Referred to Intergovernmental Relations `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-06** Meeting cancelled
- **2019-05-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-07** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-14** Co-sponsor authorized
- **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 refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2019-05-22** House requests conference committee
- **2019-05-22** House appoints conferees
- **2019-05-22** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2019-05-22** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2019-05-22** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2019-05-23** Senate appoints conferees
- **2019-05-23** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-25** Conference committee report filed
- **2019-05-25** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** 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/c4843478-d3de-4a1d-b2c4-cb8df80d5c4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).