---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the sale of fireworks on and before the Lunar New Year holiday."
description: "Relating to the sale of fireworks on and before the Lunar New Year holiday."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 5084"
citation: "Texas HB 5084 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Holidays (I0395)", "LUNAR NEW YEAR (H0847)", "Safety--Fireworks (I0741)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerdes", "Gutierrez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-13"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b420156-404b-480c-a62f-762d6542bb63"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05000_HB05099/HB 5084.xml"
source_hash: "65f17d3f0883ea51a31cbf0423c6f1edd531ee609cc7108c0e1a3dd9214d134f"
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 5084 (89R) — Relating to the sale of fireworks on and before the Lunar New Year 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/89R/billtext/html/HB05084I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05084E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05084H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05084S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05084F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **110–25** (pass) · lower
- passage — **112–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gerdes — primary (person)
- Gutierrez — primary (person)
- Davis, Aicha — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa, Adam — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Pierson — cosponsor (person)
- Vo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-13** Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-07** Referred to s/c on County & Regional Government by Speaker `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-28** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
- **2025-04-28** Considered by s/c in public hearing
- **2025-04-28** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
- **2025-04-28** Left pending in subcommittee
- **2025-04-30** Recalled from subcommittee
- **2025-04-30** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-30** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-07** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-09** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-11** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-14** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Record vote
- **2025-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-15** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-15** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-16** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-19** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-19** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-25** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-25** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-25** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b420156-404b-480c-a62f-762d6542bb63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).