Monitoring the Session

SB 194

bet on your own game, sit out all of them

Filed

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Sen. Bob HallRSenate 2

Initial review · graded Nov 9, 2026 · How we grade

Caption

relating to prohibited participation in an intercollegiate athletic competition by a student athlete who bet on an intercollegiate athletic competition in which the athlete participated.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

After notice and a hearing. Starting with the 2027-2028 academic year.

The bill bars a college student athlete from playing in any intercollegiate game or event once a college has found, after notice and a hearing, that the athlete bet on a game they played in. It touches student athletes at Texas public colleges and universities, and the schools that run their athletic programs. Starting with the 2027-2028 academic year, an athlete found to have bet on their own game is benched from all intercollegiate competition.

Receipt

The receipt

90R-SB194 · 2026-11-09

SOLD BY

Sen. Bob HallRSenate 2

ITEM

relating to prohibited participation in an intercollegiate athletic competition by a student athlete who bet on an intercollegiate athletic competition in which the athlete participated.

WHAT IT DOES

After notice and a hearing. Starting with the 2027-2028 academic year.

The bill bars a college student athlete from playing in any intercollegiate game or event once a college has found, after notice and a hearing, that the athlete bet on a game they played in. It touches student athletes at Texas public colleges and universities, and the schools that run their athletic programs. Starting with the 2027-2028 academic year, an athlete found to have bet on their own game is benched from all intercollegiate competition.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

  1. Received by the Secretary of the Senate
  2. Filed
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Bob Hall

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$135KTexans United for a Conservative Majority PAC$116KBryan Hughes Campaign$100K

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$135,000.00

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$135,000.00

Cash
$129,000.00
Paid by others
$6,000.00
Total
$135,000.00
polling $6,000.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 12, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100987789, 101010195, 101040645, 101069307, 101073278.

Texans United for a Conservative Majority PAC$116,000.00

Texans United for a Conservative Majority PAC

$116,000.00

Cash
$110,000.00
Paid by others
$6,000.00
Total
$116,000.00
polling $6,000.00

Also funds 30 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 3, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 27, 2025 to Oct 5, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101010195, 101033131, 101073278.

Bryan Hughes Campaign$100,000.00

Bryan Hughes Campaign

$100,000.00

Cash
$100,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$100,000.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 29, 2026 to Oct 5, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 29, 2026 to Oct 5, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101073278.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

×

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$135,000.00

Cash
$129,000.00
Paid by others
$6,000.00
Total
$135,000.00
polling $6,000.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 12, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100987789, 101010195, 101040645, 101069307, 101073278.

×

Texans United for a Conservative Majority PAC

$116,000.00

Cash
$110,000.00
Paid by others
$6,000.00
Total
$116,000.00
polling $6,000.00

Also funds 30 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 3, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 27, 2025 to Oct 5, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101010195, 101033131, 101073278.

×

Bryan Hughes Campaign

$100,000.00

Cash
$100,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$100,000.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 29, 2026 to Oct 5, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 29, 2026 to Oct 5, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101073278.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by a super-expensive superintelligence, Nov 9, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas Senate · Filed Nov 9, 2026

11/09/2026 S Filed

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Nov 10, 2026 at 2:40 AM CST. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Subjects

Amusements, Games, Sports

Education--Higher--Athletics

GAMBLING

Text

The text as introduced · 283 words

90R2878 BEE-D

By: Hall
S.B. No. 194

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to prohibited participation in an intercollegiate

athletic competition by a student athlete who bet on an

intercollegiate athletic competition in which the athlete

participated.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is

amended by adding Section 51.9247 to read as follows:

Sec. 51.9247. PROHIBITED STUDENT ATHLETE PARTICIPATION IN

CERTAIN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC COMPETITIONS. (a) In this

section:

(1) "Bet" has the meaning assigned by Section 47.01,

Penal Code.

(2) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning

assigned by Section 61.003.

(3) "Intercollegiate athletic competition" means any

athletic display between teams or individuals, such as a contest,

exhibition, performance, or sport, sponsored or authorized by an

institution of higher education.

(b) A student athlete may not as a player or competitor

representing an institution of higher education participate in any

intercollegiate athletic competition if that institution or

another institution of higher education has determined after notice

and an opportunity for a hearing that the athlete directly or

indirectly placed a bet on an intercollegiate athletic competition

in which the athlete participated as a player or competitor.

SECTION 2. Section 51.9247, Education Code, as added by

this Act, applies beginning with intercollegiate athletic

competitions sponsored or authorized by a public institution of

higher education for the 2027-2028 academic year.

SECTION 3. 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, 2027.