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