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2025 · Regular session · Senate bill
SB996
SB996 authorized one additional day of retail fireworks sales: July 5, 2026, from 12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m.
Official caption: Relating to fireworks sales to the public by retail fireworks permit holders on certain dates.
Official report lists Senate author(s): Nichols. 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.
- SB996 authorized one additional day of retail fireworks sales: July 5, 2026, from 12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m.
- The governor signed the bill May 24, 2025, and it took effect September 1, 2025.
What does it do?
SB996 authorized one additional day of retail fireworks sales: July 5, 2026, from 12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. The authorization applied to retail fireworks permit holders selling to the public. It was not an annual July 5 extension. Its temporary subsection expired September 1, 2026, so this is now a historical explanation, not authorization for future sales. Final law.
The governor signed the bill May 24, 2025, and it took effect September 1, 2025. It added a temporary exception to the usual sales-period provision, whose summer period ended at midnight July 4. It did not abolish retail permits or rewrite the other sales seasons. History; Final law; Pre-act section 2154.202.
What changed along the way?
All five versions contain the same operative one-day authorization and September 1, 2026 expiration. No floor amendments are indexed. The bill added subsection (g-1) rather than permanently changing the summer-sales calendar in subsection (g). All text versions; Amendment index; Final law.
For the full amendment record, open the official amendment index.
Official bill versions
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Who could benefit—and who could bear the costs?
Permit holders had an extra sales opportunity and customers an extra purchasing day in 2026. The law did not guarantee higher sales or require retailers to open. It concerned sales timing, not unrestricted use of fireworks: existing local regulatory authority and statutory use restrictions were not repealed. Final law; Pre-act section 2154.004; Pre-act section 2154.251.
The March 23 fiscal note anticipated no significant state or local fiscal impact and assumed implementation costs could be absorbed with existing resources. It did not quantify retail revenue, consumer spending or safety outcomes. Sole indexed fiscal note.
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.
