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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to fireworks sales to the public by retail fireworks permit holders in certain counties."
+description: "Relating to fireworks sales to the public by retail fireworks permit holders in certain counties."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "HB 1629"
+citation: "Texas HB 1629 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Amusements", "Games", "Sports (I0034)", "BORDER (S0045)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Safety--Fireworks (I0741)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cortez", "Landgraf", "Zaffirini"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-12-16"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8fd87bf-ddf3-45f7-8b0b-21eb37dd49b3"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01600_HB01699/HB 1629.xml"
+source_hash: "b06fcd8cd61309651e3a328d2b6f019f174994f9845d98d3091c1a7a6e457608"
+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 1629 (89R) — Relating to fireworks sales to the public by retail fireworks permit holders in certain counties.
+
+## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB01629I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01629E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01629H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01629S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01629F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **120–19** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **123–15** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cortez — primary (person)
+- Landgraf — primary (person)
+- Zaffirini — primary (person)
+- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
+- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-12-16** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-03-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-03-12** Referred to s/c on County & Regional Government by Speaker `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-07** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
+- **2025-04-07** Considered by s/c in public hearing
+- **2025-04-07** Left pending in subcommittee
+- **2025-04-28** Recalled from subcommittee
+- **2025-04-28** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2025-04-28** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-05-06** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-05-07** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-05-08** Considered in Calendars
+- **2025-05-10** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2025-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-13** Passed to engrossment
+- **2025-05-13** Record vote
+- **2025-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-14** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-14** Record vote
+- **2025-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-14** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-05-15** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2025-05-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-05-19** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-22** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-05-22** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-29** Senate passage reported `passage`
+- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-20** Effective immediately `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8fd87bf-ddf3-45f7-8b0b-21eb37dd49b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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