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2025 · Regular session · House bill
HB554
HB554 allows retail fireworks permit holders to sell to the public from June 14 through midnight June 19, but only in counties whose commissioners court has approved sales for that period.
Official caption: Relating to the sale of fireworks on and before the Juneteenth holiday.
Official report lists House author(s): Leo Wilson, Manuel, Jones, Jolanda, Bonnen, Isaac. This does not identify sponsors or amendment drafters.
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- HB554 allows retail fireworks permit holders to sell to the public from June 14 through midnight June 19, but only in counties whose commissioners court has approved sales for that period.
- The law also adds Juneteenth to the seasons when the Texas A&M Forest Service must be available daily to make requested county drought determinations.
What does it do?
HB554 allows retail fireworks permit holders to sell to the public from June 14 through midnight June 19, but only in counties whose commissioners court has approved sales for that period. It adds a Juneteenth sales window; it does not automatically approve sales in every county or authorize fireworks use everywhere. The governor signed it May 26, 2025, and it took effect that day. Final law; official history.
The law also adds Juneteenth to the seasons when the Texas A&M Forest Service must be available daily to make requested county drought determinations. County orders under the existing restricted-fireworks drought provision must be adopted before June 1 for this season. That provision concerns restricted fireworks—defined there as skyrockets with sticks and missiles with fins—in unincorporated areas; it is not a newly created ban on all fireworks. County sales approval and a drought restriction are separate decisions. Existing county restriction framework.
What changed along the way?
The original and House committee bills required county approval for the new sales period. Manuel’s adopted second-reading amendment removed that condition, temporarily making the proposed window broader. His adopted third-reading amendment restored county approval. The engrossed, Senate committee and final texts therefore retain the local-approval requirement. Describing the second-reading amendment alone would give the wrong result. The Senate passed the restored version without further amendments. Introduced bill; amendment index; second-reading amendment; third-reading amendment.
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Who could benefit—and who could bear the costs?
Celebrants and licensed sellers in approving counties gain another six-day retail sales opportunity. Counties retain the choice whether to allow that window and must account for the relevant drought-order deadline. Additional sales and use could affect retailer revenue, neighbors and emergency-response needs, but neither the act nor the fiscal note measures those effects. Other applicable sale, location and use restrictions are not displaced by this new calendar window.
The Legislative Budget Board anticipated no significant state or local fiscal impact and assumed implementation costs could be absorbed with existing resources. That estimate is not a forecast of sales, injuries or fire losses. Engrossed fiscal note, May 7, 2025.
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