By: Lopez of Cameron H.B. No. 2192
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to permit requirements for the sale of fireworks.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2154.202, Occupations Code, is amended
by amending Subsections (g) and (h) to read as follows:
(g) [Except as provided by Subsection (h),] A [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.;
[(h) In addition to the periods during which the sale of
fireworks is authorized under Subsection (g), the commissioners
court of a county by order may allow a retail fireworks permit
holder to sell fireworks in that county only to the public and only
during one or more of the following periods:]
(4) [(1)] beginning February 25 and ending at midnight
on March 2;
(5) [(2)] beginning April 16 and ending at midnight on
April 21;
(6) [(3)] beginning the Wednesday before the last
Monday in May and ending at midnight on the last Monday in May; and
(7) [(4)] beginning five days before the first day of
Diwali and ending at midnight on the last day of Diwali.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.