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89(R) HB 1629 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
H.B. No. 1629
AN ACT
relating to fireworks sales to the public by retail fireworks
permit holders in certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2154.202(g), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(g) Except as provided by Subsection (h), a retail fireworks
permit holder may sell fireworks only to the public, and only during
periods:
(1) beginning June 24 and ending at midnight on July 4;
(2) beginning December 20 and ending at midnight on
January 1 of the following year; and
(3) beginning May 1 and ending at midnight on May 5 if
the fireworks are sold at a location that is not more than
150
[
100
]
miles from the Texas-Mexico border and that is in a county in which
the commissioners court of the county has approved the sale of
fireworks during the period.
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, 2025.
______________________________
______________________________
President of the Senate
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1629 was passed by the House on May
14, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 120, Nays 19, 2 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1629 was passed by the Senate on May
28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor