System updates will be applied on February 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM. These updates will include changes to the user interface. Work is expected to take approximately 30 minutes to complete, during which the site will be unavailable.

	
Amend CSHB 2544 by adding the following appropriately 
numbered SECTIONS and renumbering SECTIONS of the bill 
appropriately:
	SECTION ___.  Subchapter B, Chapter 11, Alcoholic Beverage 
Code, is amended by adding Section 11.481 to read as follows:
	Sec. 11.481.  MANDATORY REFUSAL OF PERMIT: SEXUALLY ORIENTED 
BUSINESS.  The commission or administrator shall refuse to grant a 
permit for a premises on which a sexually oriented business, as 
defined by Section 243.002, Local Government Code, operates.
	SECTION ___.  Section 11.61, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is 
amended by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:
	(i)  The commissioner or administrator shall cancel an 
original or renewal permit if it is found, after notice and hearing, 
that a sexually oriented business, as defined by Section 243.002, 
Local Government Code, operates on the premises.
	SECTION ___.  Subchapter B, Chapter 61, Alcoholic Beverage 
Code, is amended by adding Section 61.421 to read as follows:
	Sec. 61.421.  MANDATORY REFUSAL OF PERMIT: SEXUALLY ORIENTED 
BUSINESS.  The commission or administrator shall refuse to grant a 
license for a premises on which a sexually oriented business, as 
defined by Section 243.002, Local Government Code, operates.
	SECTION ___.  Section 61.71, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is 
amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
	(j)  The commissioner or administrator shall cancel an 
original or renewal license if it is found, after notice and 
hearing, that a sexually oriented business, as defined by Section 
243.002, Local Government Code, operates on the premises.
	SECTION ___.  Subchapter D, Chapter 101, Alcoholic Beverage 
Code, is amended by adding Section 101.76 to read as follows:
	Sec. 101.76.  CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES OF SEXUALLY ORIENTED 
BUSINESS.  (a)  In this section, "sexually oriented business" has 
the meaning assigned by Section 243.002, Local Government Code.
	(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), a person commits 
an offense if the person consumes an alcoholic beverage on the 
premises of a sexually oriented business.
	(c)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), a person who 
maintains a sexually oriented business commits an offense if the 
person allows the consumption of an alcoholic beverage on the 
premises of the sexually oriented business.
	(d)  It is not an offense under this section to consume or 
allow consumption of an alcoholic beverage on premises covered by a 
license or permit under this code that authorizes consumption of 
alcoholic beverages on the premises.
	SECTION ___.  Sections 11.61(i) and 61.71(j), Alcoholic 
Beverage Code, as added by this Act, apply only to a license or 
permit originally granted after the effective date of this Act or a 
license or permit originally granted before the effective date of 
this Act and renewed after the effective date of this Act.