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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the abolishment of the Texas Lottery Commission and the transfer of the administration of the state lottery and the licensing and regulation of charitable bingo to the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation; creating criminal offenses."
description: "Relating to the abolishment of the Texas Lottery Commission and the transfer of the administration of the state lottery and the licensing and regulation of charitable bingo to the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation; creating criminal offenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 3070"
citation: "Texas SB 3070 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUDITOR", "STATE (V4364)", "Amusements", "Games", "Sports (I0034)", "BINGO (S2305)", "COMPUTERS & SOFTWARE (S2425)", "Courts--District (I0120)", "Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "EMAIL & ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (S0321)", "FINANCIAL CRIMES INTELLIGENCE CENTER (VR5LE)", "GAMBLING (S1232)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS COMMISSION OF (V0383)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8529)", "LOTTERIES (S0994)", "LOTTERY COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0454)", "Open Meetings (I0546)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "RECORDS MANAGEMENT (S0205)", "SUNSET ADVISORY COMMISSION (V8389)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "Sunset--Recommended Reviews (I0018)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Geren", "Hall"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 82
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-05-12"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bec3e4e9-09c7-4826-ba0a-f501d4021d9c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB03000_SB03099/SB 3070.xml"
source_hash: "83bff392fd4f59cbc4f0e84f010ea3332565cb4ec68394f4482eca150e66f0a6"
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 SB 3070 (89R) — Relating to the abolishment of the Texas Lottery Commission and the transfer of the administration of the state lottery and the licensing and regulation of charitable bingo to the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation; creating criminal offenses.
## 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/89R/billtext/html/SB03070I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB03070E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB03070H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB03070S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB03070F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **11227** (pass) · lower
- passage — **11029** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 3070 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **310** (pass) · upper
- passage — **310** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Geren — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
- Sparks — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-05-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-05-12** Permission to introduce
- **2025-05-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-12** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-12** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-05-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-12** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-12** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-14** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-15** Co-author authorized
- **2025-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-15** Printing rule suspended
- **2025-05-15** Rules suspended-Intent Calendar
- **2025-05-15** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-15** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-15** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-15** Record vote
- **2025-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Record vote
- **2025-05-15** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-16** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-05-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-19** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-23** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-23** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-25** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2025-05-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-25** Postponed
- **2025-05-25** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-25** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-25** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Amendment to amendment withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2025-05-25** Amendment to amendment tabled
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Amendment adopted as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-26** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-26** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-30** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-30** Read
- **2025-05-30** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-30** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-06-01** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** 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/bec3e4e9-09c7-4826-ba0a-f501d4021d9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).