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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and e-cigarettes; requiring occupational permits; imposing fees; providing civil and administrative penalties; creating criminal offenses."
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description: "Relating to the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and e-cigarettes; requiring occupational permits; imposing fees; providing civil and administrative penalties; creating criminal offenses."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "87"
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identifier: "SB 248"
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citation: "Texas SB 248 (87)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ADVERTISING (S2680)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)", "PERMITS (S0011)", "Taxation--Cigarette (I0808)", "Taxation--General (I0815)", "Taxation--Sales (I0800)", "Tobacco Products (I0818)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Thierry"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 74
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2020-12-17"
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last_action: "2021-06-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e54b49b-f8cc-4360-bd78-f0082957d4e2"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 248.xml"
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source_hash: "35930c59b011af79af7308c2851fa729cc5fb87f031b003b879b83e2efe5a19a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas SB 248 (87) — Relating to the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and e-cigarettes; requiring occupational permits; imposing fees; providing civil and administrative penalties; creating criminal offenses.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00248I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00248E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00248H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00248S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00248F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- other — **81–62** (fail) · upper
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- passage — **97–51** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Johnson — primary (person)
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- Thierry — primary (person)
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- Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
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- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
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- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
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- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
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- Perry — cosponsor (person)
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- Powell — cosponsor (person)
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- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-12-17** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
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- **2020-12-17** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-03-03** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2021-03-29** Meeting cancelled
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- **2021-03-30** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2021-03-30** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-03-30** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2021-04-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2021-04-06** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2021-04-07** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-04-08** Co-author authorized
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- **2021-04-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2021-04-08** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
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- **2021-04-08** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-04-08** Three day rule suspended
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- **2021-04-08** Record vote
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- **2021-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-08** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-08** Record vote
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- **2021-04-08** Reported engrossed
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- **2021-04-09** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2021-04-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-04-13** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-03** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-05-03** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2021-05-03** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2021-05-03** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-05-17** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2021-05-17** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2021-05-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2021-05-22** Committee report distributed
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- **2021-05-23** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2021-05-23** Considered in Calendars
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- **2021-05-25** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2021-05-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-05-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-05-25** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
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- **2021-05-25** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-26** Record vote
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- **2021-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-27** House passage as amended reported
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- **2021-05-28** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
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- **2021-05-28** Read
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- **2021-05-28** Senate refuses to concur
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- **2021-05-28** Senate requests conference committee
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- **2021-05-28** Senate appoints conferees
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- **2021-05-28** Senate refuses to concur-reported
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- **2021-05-28** Senate requests conference committee-reported
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- **2021-05-28** Senate appoints conferees-reported
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- **2021-05-28** House grants request for conference committee
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- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees
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- **2021-05-28** House grants request for conf comm-reported
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- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees-reported
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- **2021-05-29** Conference committee report filed
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- **2021-05-29** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
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- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conference committee report
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- **2021-05-30** Record vote
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- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
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- **2021-05-30** House adopts conference committee report
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- **2021-05-30** Record vote
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- **2021-05-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-30** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
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- **2021-05-31** Reported enrolled
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- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
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- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
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- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-18** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
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- **2021-06-18** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e54b49b-f8cc-4360-bd78-f0082957d4e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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