With the 2023 88th Texas Legislature underway, Texans For Texas Hold’em is proud to announce its first bill. H.B. 2345 by Rep. Guillen is a proactive social poker bill that looks to amend the Texas penal code gambling definitions section by adding a favorable definition to the term economic benefit and editing the current definition […]
Quick and positive legislative update today. As our house bill (H.B.2345) awaits its first hearing in the House Licensing & Administrative Procedures Committee, its companion senate bill S.B.1681 has officially been referred to the Senate State Affairs Committee. Our lobby team is requesting a hearing date for our bill in both chambers.
Our proactive social poker bill (H.B.2345) had two significant updates this week. We’ll continue to send key updates to our email list, which you can join below.
This interview took place on Horn FM on March 6, 2023. Doug Polk, co-owner of the Lodge, and Lodge Live Stream host Rick Epstein discussed the formation of Texans For Texas Hold’em, a group pushing for clarity in the laws that govern poker in Texas. Horn FM: There’s a session happening over at the state […]
H.B.2345 is still in its referral stage. As we await a committee assignment we are meeting with State Representatives and Senators polling their opinion on the social poker industry. The poker industry is well represented across the state with clubs in operation in 51 of 150 Texas House Districts and 26 of the 31 Texas […]