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      H.B. No. 1629         AN ACT   relating to fireworks sales to the public by retail fireworks   permit holders in certain counties.          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 24 and ending at midnight on July 4;                (2)  beginning December 20 and ending at midnight on   January 1 of the following year; and                (3)  beginning May 1 and ending at midnight on May 5 if   the fireworks are sold at a location that is not more than 150 [ 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.  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.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 1629 was passed by the House on May   14, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 120, Nays 19, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 1629 was passed by the Senate on May   28, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor