republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/sb-650.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to requiring the use of electronically readable information to verify a purchaser's age in the retail sale of alcoholic beverages."
description: "Relating to requiring the use of electronically readable information to verify a purchaser's age in the retail sale of alcoholic beverages."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 650"
citation: "Texas SB 650 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0472)", "Alcoholic Beverage Regulation (I0025)", "DESHAWN JAGWAN ACT (PS5ER)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "IDENTIFICATION CARDS (S0074)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Driver's Licenses (I0840)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowers", "Jones, Jolanda", "Morales Shaw", "Plesa", "Thompson", "West"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 86
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2024-12-18"
last_action: "2025-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/327d0827-9042-4e5b-97be-92ab18ee744a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 650.xml"
source_hash: "f55f6de95afa84e94da2f9d1d72720106c3a93ddc649266ec87ecbde85ec4f4e"
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 650 (89R) — Relating to requiring the use of electronically readable information to verify a purchaser's age in the retail sale of alcoholic beverages.

## 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/SB00650I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00650E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00650H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00650S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00650F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **97–46** (pass) · lower
- passage — **82–57** (pass) · lower
- passage — **28–3** (pass) · upper
- passage — **99–39** (pass) · lower
- passage — **82–57** (pass) · upper
- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 650 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bowers — primary (person)
- Jones, Jolanda — primary (person)
- Morales Shaw — primary (person)
- Plesa — primary (person)
- Thompson — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-18** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2024-12-18** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-17** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-03-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-03-24** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2025-03-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-03-26** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-26** Motion to suspend regular order of business
- **2025-03-26** Motion withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2025-03-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-03-26** Record vote
- **2025-03-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-03-26** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-03-26** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-03-26** Record vote
- **2025-03-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-26** Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-26** Record vote
- **2025-03-26** Reported engrossed
- **2025-03-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-06** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-05-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-06** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-13** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-05-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-15** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-21** Record vote
- **2025-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-22** Rules suspended
- **2025-05-22** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
- **2025-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Record vote
- **2025-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-29** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-29** Read
- **2025-05-29** Senate refuses to concur
- **2025-05-29** Senate requests conference committee
- **2025-05-29** Senate appoints conferees
- **2025-05-29** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2025-05-29** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2025-05-29** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-30** House grants request for conference committee
- **2025-05-30** House appoints conferees
- **2025-05-30** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2025-05-30** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-31** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2025-05-31** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2025-06-01** Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2025-06-01** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-01** Record vote
- **2025-06-01** House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2025-06-01** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-01** Record vote
- **2025-06-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-06-01** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-06-01** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-06-01** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-22** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2025-06-22** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/327d0827-9042-4e5b-97be-92ab18ee744a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).