By: Hinojosa of Nueces S.B. No. 2183
(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2025; March 24, 2025, read
first time and referred to Committee on Local Government;
April 10, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 4,
Nays 1; April 10, 2025, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the periods during which a retail fireworks permit
holder may sell fireworks to the public.
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) A [Except as provided by Subsection (h), a] retail
fireworks permit holder may sell fireworks only to the public, and
only during periods:
(1) beginning February 25 and ending at midnight on
March 2;
(2) beginning April 16 and ending at midnight on April
21;
(3) beginning May 1 and ending at midnight on May 5;
(4) beginning the Wednesday before the last Monday in
May and ending at midnight on the last Monday in May;
(5) beginning June 24 and ending at midnight on July 4;
(6) beginning five days before the first day of Diwali
and ending at midnight on the last day of Diwali; and
(7) [(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].
SECTION 2. Section 2154.202(h), Occupations Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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