---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the regulation of bingo games."
description: "Relating to the regulation of bingo games."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 914"
citation: "Texas HB 914 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Amusements", "Games", "Sports (I0034)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "Taxation--City (I0775)", "Taxation--County (I0780)", "BINGO (S2305)", "LOTTERY COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0454)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thompson, Senfronia", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 57
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9fc678f-c799-4182-b518-16bfd31848c0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00900_HB00999/HB 914.xml"
source_hash: "7d98cdafa12bf22e2a72e58d717d92a744d2afd4e09f7cd52f676ae798acd6fc"
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 914 (86) — Relating to the regulation of bingo games.

## 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/HB00914I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **102–37** (pass) · lower
- other — **102–37** (fail) · upper
- passage — **137–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-19** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-19** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-19** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-04** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-04** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-04** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-15** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-25** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-29** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-29** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-30** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-30** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Record vote
- **2019-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-30** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-01** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-01** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-13** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-13** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** Record vote
- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** 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** See remarks for effective date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9fc678f-c799-4182-b518-16bfd31848c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).