HB2625 • 2025

Relating to prohibited local regulations regarding certain late-night and overnight deliveries to food service establishments.

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: DeAyala
Last action: 2025-05-13
Official status: 05/13/2025 H Postponed
Effective date: Not listed

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Relating to prohibited local regulations regarding certain late-night and overnight deliveries to food service establishments.

What This Bill Does

Relating to prohibited local regulations regarding certain late-night and overnight deliveries to food service establishments.

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Bill History

2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online
Read 2nd time
2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online
Postponed. 7/4/25 10:00 AM
2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in Calendars
2025-04-11 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report distributed
2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online
Committee substitute considered in committee
2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online
Reported favorably as substituted
2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online
Committee substitute considered in committee
2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online
Left pending in committee
2025-03-18 Texas Legislature Online
Read first time
2025-03-18 Texas Legislature Online
Referred to State Affairs
2025-02-10 Texas Legislature Online
Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to prohibited local regulations regarding certain late-night and overnight deliveries to food service establishments.

Current Bill Text

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89(R) HB 2625 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

89R19741 SRA-F

By: DeAyala

H.B. No. 2625

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2625:

By: Raymond

C.S.H.B. No. 2625

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to prohibited local regulations regarding certain

late-night and overnight deliveries to food service

establishments.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 437, Health and Safety Code, is amended

by adding Section 437.029 to read as follows:

Sec.

437.029.

PROHIBITED LOCAL REGULATIONS RELATING TO

CERTAIN LATE-NIGHT AND OVERNIGHT DELIVERIES TO FOOD SERVICE

ESTABLISHMENTS. Notwithstanding any other law, the department, a

county, a municipality, or a public health district may not require

a food service establishment to obtain a sound regulation permit,

charge a sound regulation fee to an establishment, or otherwise

prohibit sound-related activity at an establishment for sound

arising from the delivery of food, nonalcoholic beverages, food

service supplies, or ice to the establishment if the establishment

accepts delivery of those items for one hour or less between 10 p.m.

and 5 a.m., provided the sound level from the deliveries does not

exceed 65 dBA when measured from the residential property closest

in proximity to the establishment, excluding traffic and other

background noise that can be reasonably excluded.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.