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TX HB4449
Bill
Status
6/20/2025
Primary Sponsor
John Smithee
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AI Summary
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Amends the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code to add Section 251.728, creating a new exception to local option election requirements for certain municipalities
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Applies specifically to municipalities wholly located in a county containing portions of U.S. Highways 60 and 87 with a population of more than 12,000
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Areas annexed by qualifying municipalities automatically assume the wet or dry status of the annexing municipality, bypassing the normal requirement for a separate local option election
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The law applies retroactively to areas annexed before, on, or after the effective date of September 1, 2025
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Passed the House on May 16, 2025 (90-25) and the Senate on May 27, 2025 (28-3)
Legislative Description
Relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages in areas annexed by certain municipalities.
City Government
Last Action
Effective on 9/1/25
6/20/2025