---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to county regulation of game rooms."
description: "Relating to county regulation of game rooms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 892"
citation: "Texas HB 892 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Amusements", "Games", "Sports (I0034)", "County Government--Land Use & Zoning (I0098)", "Safety (I0740)", "GAMBLING (S1232)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailes", "Collier", "Dean", "Deshotel", "Kuempel", "Nichols"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5528cf6-7cb7-448d-867a-7947b2d50e04"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00800_HB00899/HB 892.xml"
source_hash: "b612692765e8bd2874c0f9b9356f90cf20af60d0d55717ae56d72e3259e2065f"
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 892 (86) — Relating to county regulation of game rooms.

## 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/HB00892I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailes — primary (person)
- Collier — primary (person)
- Dean — primary (person)
- Deshotel — primary (person)
- Kuempel — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-05** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-12** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-13** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-21** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-15** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-15** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Record vote
- **2019-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-16** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-17** Referred to Intergovernmental Relations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-30** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-30** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-07** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-08** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-10** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-09** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
- **2019-05-15** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Not again placed on intent 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 reported
- **2019-05-15** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-16** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-16** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-21** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** 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/c5528cf6-7cb7-448d-867a-7947b2d50e04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).