republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/hb-2885.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to allowing the governing bodies of certain political subdivisions to call for a local option election relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages."
description: "Relating to allowing the governing bodies of certain political subdivisions to call for a local option election relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 2885"
citation: "Texas HB 2885 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverage Regulation (I0025)", "City Government--General (I0060)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Elections--General (I0310)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerdes", "Schwertner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 79
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-02-14"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77b2571e-e091-4341-b30b-05b69b0a7d2f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02800_HB02899/HB 2885.xml"
source_hash: "51c6bfac548fb2894bb48f07bdea5131b11f30a9e0db25378373785afb7cef43"
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 2885 (89R) — Relating to allowing the governing bodies of certain political subdivisions to call for a local option election relating to the 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/HB02885I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02885E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02885H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02885S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02885F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **101–27** (pass) · lower
- passage — **101–27** (pass) · upper
- passage — **28–3** (pass) · upper
- passage — **28–3** (pass) · upper
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 2885 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **28–3** (pass) · upper
- passage — **127–20** (pass) · lower
- passage — **112–22** (pass) · lower
- passage — **28–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gerdes — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-14** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-19** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-08** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-15** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-21** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-23** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-04-25** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-04-25** Transferred to Calendars Committee
- **2025-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-25** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-29** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-04-29** Record vote
- **2025-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Record vote
- **2025-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-30** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-30** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-05** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-15** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-15** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-22** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-26** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2025-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2025-05-29** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2025-05-29** House requests conference committee
- **2025-05-29** House appoints conferees
- **2025-05-29** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2025-05-29** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2025-05-29** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-29** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2025-05-29** Senate appoints conferees
- **2025-05-29** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2025-05-29** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-30** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2025-05-30** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **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** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-06-01** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-01** Record vote
- **2025-06-01** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-06-02** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2025-06-20** 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/77b2571e-e091-4341-b30b-05b69b0a7d2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).