---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the repeal of a criminal offense for certain charitable raffle ticket sales by professional sports team charitable foundations."
description: "Relating to the repeal of a criminal offense for certain charitable raffle ticket sales by professional sports team charitable foundations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 2168"
citation: "Texas HB 2168 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Amusements", "Games", "Sports (I0034)", "Charitable & Nonprofit Organizations (I0055)", "RAFFLES (S1909)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bucy", "Krause", "Powell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 58
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65c83ea7-3dd3-46d6-afde-ac90422663c0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02100_HB02199/HB 2168.xml"
source_hash: "a1b43e6c62ae94b07b3560c91251423f2bf041eacc3c0da6908bc78642c067fc"
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 2168 (87) — Relating to the repeal of a criminal offense for certain charitable raffle ticket sales by professional sports team charitable foundations.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02168I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02168E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02168H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02168S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02168F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **104–44** (pass) · lower
- other — **104–44** (fail) · upper
- passage — **107–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bucy — primary (person)
- Krause — primary (person)
- Powell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-24** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-15** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-24** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-24** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-24** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-29** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-03-29** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-29** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-05** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-03** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-10** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-12** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-05-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-13** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-13** Record vote
- **2021-05-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-13** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-13** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-14** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-20** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-20** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-25** Record vote
- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-25** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-08** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-08** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65c83ea7-3dd3-46d6-afde-ac90422663c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).