---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the sale of fireworks before and during the Diwali holiday."
description: "Relating to the sale of fireworks before and during the Diwali holiday."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 608"
citation: "Texas HB 608 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government--General (I0096)", "DIWALI (HL90Y)", "Holidays (I0395)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "Safety (I0740)", "Safety--Fireworks (I0741)", "TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE (U0213)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Harris, Caroline", "Holland", "Huffman", "Patterson", "Shaheen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-11-14"
last_action: "2023-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dff4ee40-ae7a-4b10-9c88-da49a36feb3b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00600_HB00699/HB 608.xml"
source_hash: "0bf25d72939db0a76f56ad018518bb79ebfe53bd7149702e8d20229e0e885846"
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 608 (88) — Relating to the sale of fireworks before and during the Diwali holiday.

## 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/HB00608I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00608E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00608H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00608S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00608F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **139–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Button — primary (person)
- Harris, Caroline — primary (person)
- Holland — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Shaheen — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Bhojani — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Sherman, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-11-14** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-03-21** Committee report distributed
- **2023-03-21** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-03-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-03-28** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-03-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-28** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-03-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-29** Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-29** Record vote
- **2023-03-29** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-03-29** Reported engrossed
- **2023-03-29** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-03-30** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-30** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-01** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-03** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-03** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-03** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-08** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-17** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-10** 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/dff4ee40-ae7a-4b10-9c88-da49a36feb3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).