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2025 · Regular session · House bill
HB4285
HB4285 lets an airline holding the relevant passenger transportation permit store alcoholic beverages in sealed containers at an off-airport location within five miles of an airport it regularly serves and in the same county as t…
Official caption: Relating to the storage of alcoholic beverages by the holder of a passenger transportation permit.
Official report lists House author(s): McQueeney, Harless. 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.
- HB4285 lets an airline holding the relevant passenger transportation permit store alcoholic beverages in sealed containers at an off-airport location within five miles of an airport it regularly serves and in the same county as that airport.
- Previously, Alcoholic Beverage Code Section 48.03 authorized storage at the airport itself.
- This is a storage change for the airline permit described in Section 48.03, not a new general warehouse or retail-sales license.
What does it do?
HB4285 lets an airline holding the relevant passenger transportation permit store alcoholic beverages in sealed containers at an off-airport location within five miles of an airport it regularly serves and in the same county as that airport. Both conditions apply. Storage at the regularly served airport remains authorized.
Previously, Alcoholic Beverage Code Section 48.03 authorized storage at the airport itself. The amendment adds the nearby alternative while retaining the requirement to comply with Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission rules and regulations. It took effect September 1, 2025.
This is a storage change for the airline permit described in Section 48.03, not a new general warehouse or retail-sales license. Existing authority to sell or serve alcoholic beverages on qualifying commercial passenger airplanes was reproduced in the final bill but was not newly created by HB4285.
What changed along the way?
The introduced bill already proposed the same-county, five-mile alternative. The House substitute restated the full subsection and clarified the placement of the location language. It retained both geographic limits rather than expanding to any location in the county.
The House engrossed, Senate committee and final operative texts match the House substitute. The amendment index lists no floor amendments. The history records the governor’s June 20 signature.
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?
Covered airlines gain more flexibility to choose nearby storage space, potentially easing airport-space constraints. Suitable off-airport property operators may gain business. The bill does not promise lower ticket prices or quantify storage savings, and airlines still have to comply with applicable storage rules.
The latest listed fiscal note, on the engrossed bill, anticipated no significant state or local fiscal impact and assumed agency costs could be absorbed with existing resources. It did not estimate airlines’ private savings or relocation expenses.
Review boundary: This explains the statutory location change, not approval of a particular warehouse, a ruling on how distance is measured, or a review of an airline’s compliance with current commission rules.
Official sources
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- Bill versions, analyses and fiscal notes
- Action history and votes
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Catalog report retrieved 2026-10-25. Check the official record for corrections or later changes.
