republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/sb-996.md

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Bill	Relating to fireworks sales to the public by retail fireworks permit holders on certain dates.	Relating to fireworks sales to the public by retail fireworks permit holders on certain dates.	us/states/tx	Texas Legislature	89R	SB 996	Texas SB 996 (89R)	bill	Business & Commerce--General (I0050) Safety--Fireworks (I0741)	enacted	Bell, Cecil Nichols	5	51	2	2025-01-29	2025-05-24	openstates	ocd-bill/a4c8a678-bd4f-44a0-85f8-34952ee84302	ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 996.xml	2575068fbbe3cda1a56795a40a57d3ec0fb4720f07a38a3312c77d9021292355	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tx

Texas SB 996 (89R) — Relating to fireworks sales to the public by retail fireworks permit holders on certain dates.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. House Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• passage — 130–11 (pass) · lower
• passage — 122–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bell, Cecil — primary (person)
• Nichols — primary (person)
• Pierson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-29 Received by the Secretary of the Senate filing, introduction
• 2025-01-29 Filed filing
• 2025-02-13 Read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-13 Referred to Local Government referral-committee
• 2025-03-24 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
• 2025-03-24 Considered in public hearing
• 2025-03-24 Left pending in committee
• 2025-03-27 Considered in public hearing
• 2025-03-27 Vote taken in committee
• 2025-03-31 Reported favorably w/o amendments committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-31 Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
• 2025-03-31 Committee report printed and distributed
• 2025-04-02 Placed on intent calendar
• 2025-04-08 Not again placed on intent calendar
• 2025-04-09 Placed on intent calendar
• 2025-04-10 Placed on local & uncontested calendar
• 2025-04-10 Not again placed on intent calendar
• 2025-04-10 Laid before the Senate receipt
• 2025-04-10 Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment reading-2
• 2025-04-10 Vote recorded in Journal
• 2025-04-10 Three day rule suspended
• 2025-04-10 Record vote
• 2025-04-10 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2025-04-10 Passed passage
• 2025-04-10 Record vote
• 2025-04-10 Reported engrossed
• 2025-04-14 Received from the Senate introduction
• 2025-04-17 Read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-04-17 Referred to s/c on County & Regional Government by Speaker referral-committee
• 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
• 2025-05-07 Committee report sent to Calendars
• 2025-05-10 Laid out in lieu of companion
• 2025-05-10 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2025-05-10 Passed to 3rd reading
• 2025-05-10 Record vote
• 2025-05-10 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
• 2025-05-12 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2025-05-12 Passed passage
• 2025-05-12 Record vote
• 2025-05-12 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
• 2025-05-12 House passage reported passage
• 2025-05-12 Reported enrolled enrolled
• 2025-05-13 Signed in the Senate passage
• 2025-05-13 Signed in the House passage
• 2025-05-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-24 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-24 Effective on 9/1/25 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a4c8a678-bd4f-44a0-85f8-34952ee84302. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).