BILL ANALYSIS C.S.H.B. 2625 By: DeAyala State Affairs Committee Report (Substituted) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The bill author has informed the committee that local authorities' regulation of the sound levels of late-night and overnight deliveries to food service establishments across the state can often lead to uncertainty for these establishments. C.S.H.B. 2625 seeks to remedy this issue by promoting a standardized approach to the regulation of late-night and overnight deliveries to food service establishments across the state and establishing a sound level limit of 65 dBA when measured from the residential property closest in proximity to the establishment. CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS C.S.H.B. 2625 amends the Health and Safety Code to prohibit the Department of State Health Services, a county, a municipality, or a public health district from requiring a food service establishment to obtain a sound regulation permit, charging a sound regulation fee to an establishment, or otherwise prohibiting 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. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2025. COMPARISON OF INTRODUCED AND SUBSTITUTE While C.S.H.B. 2625 may differ from the introduced in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following summarizes the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill. The substitute lowers, for purposes of the bill's prohibition, the maximum permissible sound level arising from the delivery of the applicable items to a food establishment when measured from the residential property closest in proximity to the establishment, excluding traffic and other background noise that can reasonably be excluded, from 75 dBA, as in the introduced, to 65 dBA.
BILL ANALYSIS
# BILL ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 2625
By: DeAyala
State Affairs
Committee Report (Substituted)
C.S.H.B. 2625
By: DeAyala
State Affairs
Committee Report (Substituted)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The bill author has informed the committee that local authorities' regulation of the sound levels of late-night and overnight deliveries to food service establishments across the state can often lead to uncertainty for these establishments. C.S.H.B. 2625 seeks to remedy this issue by promoting a standardized approach to the regulation of late-night and overnight deliveries to food service establishments across the state and establishing a sound level limit of 65 dBA when measured from the residential property closest in proximity to the establishment.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS C.S.H.B. 2625 amends the Health and Safety Code to prohibit the Department of State Health Services, a county, a municipality, or a public health district from requiring a food service establishment to obtain a sound regulation permit, charging a sound regulation fee to an establishment, or otherwise prohibiting 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.
EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2025.
COMPARISON OF INTRODUCED AND SUBSTITUTE While C.S.H.B. 2625 may differ from the introduced in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following summarizes the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill. The substitute lowers, for purposes of the bill's prohibition, the maximum permissible sound level arising from the delivery of the applicable items to a food establishment when measured from the residential property closest in proximity to the establishment, excluding traffic and other background noise that can reasonably be excluded, from 75 dBA, as in the introduced, to 65 dBA.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
The bill author has informed the committee that local authorities' regulation of the sound levels of late-night and overnight deliveries to food service establishments across the state can often lead to uncertainty for these establishments. C.S.H.B. 2625 seeks to remedy this issue by promoting a standardized approach to the regulation of late-night and overnight deliveries to food service establishments across the state and establishing a sound level limit of 65 dBA when measured from the residential property closest in proximity to the establishment.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 2625 amends the Health and Safety Code to prohibit the Department of State Health Services, a county, a municipality, or a public health district from requiring a food service establishment to obtain a sound regulation permit, charging a sound regulation fee to an establishment, or otherwise prohibiting 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.
EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2025.
COMPARISON OF INTRODUCED AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 2625 may differ from the introduced in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following summarizes the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
The substitute lowers, for purposes of the bill's prohibition, the maximum permissible sound level arising from the delivery of the applicable items to a food establishment when measured from the residential property closest in proximity to the establishment, excluding traffic and other background noise that can reasonably be excluded, from 75 dBA, as in the introduced, to 65 dBA.