Edmund Kuempel, R-Seguin, pulled his bill down on Friday. The bill got no more than 92 votes in the House. Support for the casino bill, intended to prop up the draw of the existing horse race tracks in Texas, was even slimmer. Dan Patrick has expressed no interest in hearing gambling bills in his chamber. The likelihood of any sports betting bills getting a hearing in the more conservative Texas Senate, however, is slim. Greg Abbott, mobile sports betting would go on the ballot in November. If approved in both chambers, and signed by Gov. “We trust the people of Texas, and this joint resolution is the perfect opportunity for us to prove that to them.” “We say in this state and in this chamber that we value freedom and liberty,” Leach told his colleagues from the front mic on Thursday. Jeff Leach, R-Plano, pitching it as a choice of the voters and another way to find revenue to reduce property taxes. The House squeaked by with 101 votes, with sponsor Rep. To get mobile sports betting through the Texas House took a two-thirds majority - or 100 votes - because it requires an amendment to the state constitution.
