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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the sale and purchase of retail fireworks permits."
+description: "Relating to the sale and purchase of retail fireworks permits."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "HB 2259"
+citation: "Texas HB 2259 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Amusements", "Games", "Sports (I0034)", "INSURANCE", "COMMISSIONER OF (V0396)", "INSURANCE", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0006)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "PERMITS (S0011)", "Safety--Fireworks (I0741)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cain", "Middleton"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 48
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-02-13"
+last_action: "2023-06-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15d300ad-ac7c-432c-98d4-da902a81f8a5"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02200_HB02299/HB 2259.xml"
+source_hash: "9b9ef85f72950fa44f325569adf396095c89830b3ef6d2f0a7b117a5ebecef35"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas HB 2259 (88) — Relating to the sale and purchase of retail fireworks permits.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02259I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02259E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02259H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02259S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02259F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **140–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cain — primary (person)
+- Middleton — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-13** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-09** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-28** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-03-28** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-03-28** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-04** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-04** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-04** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-04-16** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-04-17** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2023-04-25** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2023-04-28** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-28** Passed to engrossment
+- **2023-04-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-28** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-28** Record vote
+- **2023-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-28** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-05-01** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2023-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-05-01** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-05-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-19** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-05-23** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-24** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-05-24** Record vote
+- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-24** Record vote
+- **2023-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-13** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15d300ad-ac7c-432c-98d4-da902a81f8a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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