SB 712: Prohibition of Pyramid Promotional Schemes

GENERAL BILL by Yarborough

Prohibition of Pyramid Promotional Schemes; Citing this act as the “Direct Sales Consumer Protection Act”; prohibiting a person from establishing, promoting, operating, or participating in a pyramid promotional scheme; requiring the Department of Legal Affairs to issue and serve a complaint and cease and desist order in certain instances; providing penalties, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 12/3/2025 09:43 AM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Fiscal Policy (FP)
  2. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  3. Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)

• Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 265 (c1) by Criminal Justice Subcommittee Prohibition of Pyramid Promotional Schemes Last Action: 3/13/2026 H Died in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee	Similar

• Analyses (2)

  Links in this section are PDF documents.

  • Criminal Justice (Pre-Meeting)  2/10/2026
  • Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting)  2/11/2026

• Committee Votes (1)

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  Date	Version	Committee	Result
  2/11/2026 3:00 PM	S 712	Criminal Justice	8 Yeas - 0 Nays

• Citations - Statute (2)

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  849.091	Chain letters, pyramid clubs, etc., declared a lottery; prohibited; penalties.	Page 2 (pdf)
  849.0913		Page 3 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  12/3/2025	S	• Filed
  12/16/2025	S	• Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
  1/13/2026	S	• Introduced
  2/6/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 02/11/26, 3:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
  2/11/2026	S	• Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
  2/12/2026	S	• Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
  3/13/2026	S	• Died in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice