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SB2367 • 2025

Relating to the authority of certain counties to enact certain park use rules.

Relating to the authority of certain counties to enact certain park use rules.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Kolkhorst
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 authority of certain counties to enact certain park use rules.

Relating to the authority of certain counties to enact certain park use rules.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the authority of certain counties to enact certain park use rules.

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

    Filed without the Governor's signature

  2. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective on 9/1/25

  3. 2025-06-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  4. 2025-06-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  5. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  6. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  7. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    House passage reported

  8. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar

  9. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  10. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to 3rd reading

  11. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal

  12. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  13. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  14. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#3832

  15. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  16. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal

  17. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Local & Consent Calendars

  18. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar

  19. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  20. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  21. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  22. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent

  23. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  24. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  25. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs

  26. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  27. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Laid before the Senate

  28. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

  29. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  30. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  31. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  32. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  33. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  34. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  35. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  36. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the Senate

  37. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  38. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  39. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  40. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  41. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  42. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  43. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  44. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  45. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Posting rule suspended

  46. 2025-03-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  47. 2025-03-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Local Government

  48. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

  49. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the authority of certain counties to enact certain park use rules.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) SB 2367 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

S.B. No. 2367

AN ACT

relating to the authority of certain counties to enact certain park

use rules.

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

SECTION 1. Sections 320.0455(a) and (b-1), Local Government

Code, are amended to read as follows:

(a) This section applies only to a county with a population

of:

(1) 2.8 million or more;

(2) 800,000 or more that is adjacent to a county with a

population of 2.8 million or more; [
or
]

(3) more than 550,000 and less than 620,000
; or

(4)

less than 75,000 that is adjacent to three

counties with populations of more than 450,000
.

(b-1) A board created for a county described by Subsection

(a)(2)
or (a)(4)
may not adopt rules relating to the use of

fireworks.

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

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2367 passed the Senate on

May 9, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2367 passed the House on

May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 119, Nays 22, two

present not voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

______________________________

Date

______________________________

Governor