H.B. No. 2138
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the sale of charitable raffle tickets by certain
  nonprofit wildlife conservation associations.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2002.054, Occupations Code, is amended
  by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  The organization may not:
               (1)  directly or indirectly, by the use of paid
  advertising, promote a raffle through a medium of mass
  communication, including television, radio, or newspaper;
               (2)  promote or advertise a raffle statewide, other
  than on the organization's Internet website or through a
  publication or solicitation, including a newsletter, social media,
  or electronic mail, provided only to previously identified
  supporters of the organization; or
               (3)  sell or offer to sell tickets for a raffle
  statewide, except as provided by Subsection (a-1).
         (a-1)  A nonprofit wildlife conservation association,
  including each local chapter, affiliate, wildlife cooperative, or
  unit, that for purposes of this chapter is a qualified nonprofit
  organization eligible under Section 2002.003(e), may use the
  organization's Internet website to sell or offer to sell tickets
  for a raffle to previously identified supporters of the
  organization.  This subsection does not authorize the use of an
  Internet website to:
               (1)  provide a graphic or dynamic animation of an entry
  to a raffle; or
               (2)  provide a graphic or dynamic animation of the
  drawing of raffle tickets.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2138 was passed by the House on April
  13, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 125, Nays 21, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 2138 on May 25, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 113, Nays 30,
  1 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2138 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 23, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 26, Nays
  5.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor