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HB5084 • 2025

Relating to the sale of fireworks on and before the Lunar New Year holiday.

Relating to the sale of fireworks on and before the Lunar New Year holiday.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Gerdes
Last action
2025-06-20
Official status
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Effective date
2025-06-20

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relating to the sale of fireworks on and before the Lunar New Year holiday.

Relating to the sale of fireworks on and before the Lunar New Year holiday.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the sale of fireworks on and before the Lunar New Year holiday.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective on 9/1/25

  3. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  4. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  5. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  6. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  7. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-sponsor authorized

  8. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  9. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Laid before the Senate

  10. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

  11. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  12. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  13. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  14. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  15. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  16. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  17. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate passage reported

  18. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  19. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  20. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  21. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  22. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  23. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  24. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  25. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  26. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Local Government

  27. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  28. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  29. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2644

  30. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  31. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  32. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  33. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  34. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Amended. 1-Lozano

  35. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment as amended

  36. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2531

  37. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  38. 2025-05-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  39. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  40. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  41. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  42. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  43. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Recalled from subcommittee

  44. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  45. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  46. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .

  47. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered by s/c in public hearing

  48. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee

  49. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in subcommittee

  50. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  51. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to s/c on County & Regional Government by Speaker

  52. 2025-03-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the sale of fireworks on and before the Lunar New Year holiday.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 5084 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.B. No. 5084

AN ACT

relating to the sale of fireworks on and before the Lunar New Year

holiday.

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 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
; and

(4)

beginning five days before Lunar New Year and

ending at midnight on Lunar New Year 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 September 1, 2025.

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 5084 was passed by the House on May

15, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 110, Nays 25, 2 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 5084 was passed by the Senate on May

25, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

_____________________

Governor