HR 1499 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 650.

This resolution (HR 1499) is a procedural measure to allow a conference committee to work on Senate Bill 650. It suspends a specific House rule to let the committee omit certain text from Section 2 of S.B. 650 regarding age verification for alcohol sales at package stores. The omitted text required package store permit holders to visually inspect and access electronically readable information on IDs (like driver's licenses) to verify a purchaser's age. This change is necessary to streamline the conference committee's process for resolving differences between the House and Senate versions of S.B. 650. The resolution itself does not alter the substance of the alcohol sales law.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
House Passage
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced May 31, 2025 Last action Jun 1, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced Enrolled · 4 edits
MODERATE
This bill (HR 1499) is an enrolled version of a resolution that suspends certain House rules to allow a conference committee to finalize Senate Bill 650. The substantive policy content regarding age verification for alcohol purchases remains unchanged from the original version, though the document formatting and structure have been significantly reorganized for the final enrolled version.
Scope change
No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; this is a procedural enrolled version of the same legislation
TECHNICAL

Document formatting and layout were reorganized from a draft resolution format to a formal enrolled bill format, including updated headers and page structure

Added accessibility statement about digital content alignment with WCAG 2.1 standards

Removed draft markup indicators and formatting artifacts from the original introduced version

REQUIREMENT

Core policy requirement for age verification using electronically readable information on driver's licenses remains the same

Floor votes · House Jun 1, 2025

How they voted

8448
Passed · 12 other
Total votes 144
Jun 1, 2025
D Democratic58
49 Yea 1 Nay 8
84% Yea
R Republican86
35 Yea 47 Nay 4
54% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

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Total actions
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Key actions
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Committee
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Jun 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Adopted
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Rhetta Bowers
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TX
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