Relating to allowing the governing bodies of certain political subdivisions to call for a local option election relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages, the official text

H.B. No. 2885

AN ACT

relating to allowing the governing bodies of certain political

subdivisions to call for a local option election relating to the

sale of alcoholic beverages.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 501, Election Code, is

amended by adding Section 501.0211 to read as follows:

Sec. 501.0211. ELECTION CALLED BY GOVERNING BODY OF

POLITICAL SUBDIVISION. (a) This section applies only to:

(1) a county:

(A) with a population of more than 70,000 and

less than 100,000;

(B) that contains a portion of the Colorado

River; and

(C) that is adjacent to a county with a

population of one million or more; and

(2) a municipality:

(A) with a population of 240,000 or more;

(B) that is located in two or more counties; and

(C) that borders a man-made lake that has a

surface area of at least 20,000 acres.

(b) The commissioners court of a county may, on the

commissioners court's own motion, order a local option election to

be held in the county or a justice precinct in the county to

determine whether the sale of alcoholic beverages of one or more of

the various types and alcoholic contents shall be legalized in the

county or the justice precinct.

(c) The governing body of a municipality located in a county

described by Subsection (a)(1) may, by resolution, order a local

option election to be held in the municipality to determine whether

the sale of alcoholic beverages of one or more of the various types

and alcoholic contents shall be legalized in the municipality.

(d) The governing body of a municipality described by

Subsection (a)(2) may, by resolution, order a local option election

to be held in the municipality to determine whether the sale of

mixed beverages, as described by Section 501.035(b)(8), shall be

legalized in the municipality.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2885 was passed by the House on April

30, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 112, Nays 22, 2 present, not

voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to

H.B. No. 2885 on May 29, 2025, and requested the appointment of a

conference committee to consider the differences between the two

houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report

on H.B. No. 2885 on June 1, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 101,

Nays 27, 1 present, not voting.

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Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2885 was passed by the Senate, with

amendments, on May 26, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays

3; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference

committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and

that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.

2885 on June 1, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3.

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Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: __________________

Date

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Governor