---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to charitable raffles conducted by the professional sports teams charitable foundations of organizations sanctioned by certain professional associations at rodeo venues."
description: "Relating to charitable raffles conducted by the professional sports teams charitable foundations of organizations sanctioned by certain professional associations at rodeo venues."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 3012"
citation: "Texas HB 3012 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Amusements", "Games", "Sports (I0034)", "Charitable & Nonprofit Organizations (I0055)", "RAFFLES (S1909)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Geren", "Nelson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-05"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d948488b-ae47-4bbc-a63f-7fca0b418d74"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03000_HB03099/HB 3012.xml"
source_hash: "3af4a850236ffef6f91a412d6c11bc0309c852b899d26d98bff9d67ae398044c"
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 3012 (87) — Relating to charitable raffles conducted by the professional sports teams charitable foundations of organizations sanctioned by certain professional associations at rodeo venues.

## 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/HB03012I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03012E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03012H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03012S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03012F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **121–21** (pass) · lower
- passage — **129–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Geren — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Powell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-19** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-31** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-31** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-06** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-07** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-30** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-03** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-03** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-03** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-05-03** Record vote
- **2021-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-04** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Record vote
- **2021-05-04** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-04** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-05** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-18** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-18** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-23** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14** 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/d948488b-ae47-4bbc-a63f-7fca0b418d74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).