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2025 · Regular session · House bill
HB1629
HB1629 expands the eligible area for May 1–5 retail fireworks sales from 100 to 150 miles from the Texas–Mexico border.
Official caption: Relating to fireworks sales to the public by retail fireworks permit holders in certain counties.
Official report lists House author(s): Landgraf, Cortez. This does not identify sponsors or amendment drafters.
Bill explanation published · Version and amendment review scope is stated below · Individual amendment records may not be separately annotated.
Bill highlights
Selected points from the published explanation. Follow each point to its source-linked context; conditions and limits may matter.
- HB1629 expands the eligible area for May 1–5 retail fireworks sales from 100 to 150 miles from the Texas–Mexico border.
- The change took effect June 20, 2025, after that year's May sales window.
- This is a distance change, not a longer Cinco de Mayo sales season.
What does it do?
HB1629 expands the eligible area for May 1–5 retail fireworks sales from 100 to 150 miles from the Texas–Mexico border. A permitted retailer’s sales location must be within that distance, and the county commissioners court must approve sales for that period. The sales window still ends at midnight on May 5. The bill does not automatically authorize sales throughout every county partly within the expanded area. Final law, Section 1.
The change took effect June 20, 2025, after that year’s May sales window. It does not retroactively authorize sales earlier in May 2025. Retail permit requirements and other fireworks restrictions remain applicable; permission to sell during this window is not blanket permission to discharge fireworks anywhere. History; Occupations Code 2154.202 and 2154.251.
This is a distance change, not a longer Cinco de Mayo sales season. Other 2025 bills separately addressed Juneteenth and Lunar New Year sales. Their changes should not be credited to HB1629, and HB1629’s printed list should not be read as the complete current fireworks calendar. HB554; HB5084; current statute.
What changed along the way?
The official index says the bill has no amendments. All five available versions—introduced, House committee, House-passed, Senate committee and enrolled—have the same operative text: the 100-mile limit becomes 150 miles, with the existing county-approval requirement and May dates retained. The House passed it May 14 and the Senate May 28; there was no conference rewrite. Versions; amendment index; history.
For the full amendment record, open the official amendment index.
Official bill versions
Compare the published text versions in the official text index. A change is not attributed to a specific amendment here without a verified record.
Who could benefit—and who could bear the costs?
Permitted sellers in the newly eligible band—more than 100 but no more than 150 miles from the border—could gain an additional seasonal sales opportunity if their county approves. Customers may have more nearby buying options. Counties retain the decision whether to allow these sales; additional activity may also bring safety, noise or enforcement concerns. The bill does not quantify those effects or identify particular eligible store locations.
The May 21, 2025 fiscal note anticipates no significant fiscal impact to the state or local governments and assumes any revenue effects would be insignificant. It gives no dollar estimate or quantified two-year or five-year projection. That is not a guarantee of no effect on an individual business or neighborhood.
Official sources
- Bill history and latest recorded action
- Bill versions, analyses and fiscal notes
- Action history and votes
- Amendment index
Catalog report retrieved 2026-10-25. Check the official record for corrections or later changes.