Relating to the sale of fireworks on and before the Juneteenth holiday, the official text

H.B. No. 554

AN ACT

relating to the sale of fireworks on and before the Juneteenth

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 14 and ending at midnight on June 19

in a county in which the commissioners court of the county has

approved the sale of fireworks during the period;

(2) beginning June 24 and ending at midnight on July 4;

(3) [(2)] beginning December 20 and ending at midnight

on January 1 of the following year; and

(4) [(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. Sections 352.051(b) and (d), Local Government

Code, are amended to read as follows:

(b)(1) The Texas A&M Forest Service in the ordinary course

of its activities shall determine whether drought conditions, as

defined under Subsection (a)(2), exist on average in any county

requesting such a determination. The Texas A&M Forest Service

shall make available the measurement index guidelines used to

determine whether drought conditions exist in a particular area.

Following any determination that such drought conditions exist, the

Texas A&M Forest Service shall notify said county or counties when

such drought conditions no longer exist. The Texas A&M Forest

Service shall make its services available each day during the Texas

Independence Day, San Jacinto Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Fourth

of July, Diwali, and December fireworks seasons to respond to the

request of any county for a determination whether drought

conditions exist on average in the county.

(2) The Texas A&M Forest Service shall be allowed to

take such donations of equipment or funds as necessary to aid in the

carrying out of this section.

(d) To facilitate compliance with an order adopted under

Subsection (c), the order must be adopted before:

(1) February 15 of each year for the Texas

Independence Day fireworks season;

(2) April 1 of each year for the San Jacinto Day

fireworks season;

(3) April 25 of each year for the Cinco de Mayo

fireworks season;

(4) May 15 of each year for the Memorial Day fireworks

season;

(5) June 1 of each year for the Juneteenth fireworks

season;

(6) June 15 of each year for the Fourth of July

fireworks season;

(7) [(6)] 15 days before the beginning of Diwali for

the Diwali fireworks season; and

(8) [(7)] December 15 of each year for each December

fireworks season.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 554 was passed by the House on May 1,

2025, by the following vote: Yeas 126, Nays 7, 1 present, not

voting.

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Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 554 was passed by the Senate on May

13, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

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Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

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Governor