Hawaii HB 414: RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Bill Text

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 H .B. NO.
STATE OF HAWAII
A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO FIREWORKS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
1 SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the use of consumer
2 fireworks causes fires and burn injuries, mostly to children.
3 Widespread use of fireworks is an ignition source for fires in
4 Hawaii. Fireworks produce excessive smoke that makes breathing
5 difficult. Noise from loud fireworks traumatizes many
6 residents, including war veterans and pets. With the increase
7 in fireworks—related calls, public safety agencies are strained
8 to maintain adequate response levels for other critical
9 emergencies. The legislature further finds that people in the
10 State and its communities deserve to live in peace and security
11 without the public safety risk and disruptive impact of consumer
12 fireworks.
13 The purpose of this Act is to limit the use of consumer
14 fireworks by:
15 (1) Authorizing the sale and use of consumer fireworks
16 only for cultural purposes; and
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1 (2) Discontinuing the authorization of the use of consumer
2 fireworks on New Year’s Eve, the Fourth of July, and
3 Chinese New Year’s Day.
4 This Act is not intended to prohibit licensed
5 professionals’ use of display fireworks, articles pyrotechnic,
6 and aerial devices.
7 SECTION 2. Section 132D-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
8 amended by amending the definitions of “consumer fireworks” and
9 “cultural” to read as follows:
10 “Consumer fireworks” [mcanz]:
11 (1) Means any fireworks designed primarily for retail sale
12 to the public [during authorizcd datcz and timcz,]
13 that produces visible or audible effects by
14 combustion, and that is designed to remain on or near
15 the ground and, while stationary or spinning rapidly
16 on or near the ground, emits smoke, a shower of
17 colored sparks, whistling effects, flitter sparks, or
18 balls of colored sparks, and includes combination
19 items that contain one or more of these effects.
20 “Consumer fireworks” shall comply with the
21 construction, chemical composition, and labeling
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1 regulations of the United States Consumer Product
2 Safety Commission as set forth in Title 16 Code of
3 Federal Regulations and fireworks classified as UN0336
4 and UN0337 by the United States Department of
5 Transportation as set forth in Title 49 Code of
6 Federal Regulations[. “Consumcr fircworkz” includc];
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8 (2) Include firework items commonly known as firecrackers
9 that are single paper cylinders not exceeding one and
10 one-half inches in length excluding the fuse and
11 one-quarter of an inch in diameter and contain a
12 charge of not more than fifty milligrams of
13 pyrotechnic composition, snakes, sparkiers, fountains,
14 and cylindrical or cone fountains that emit effects up
15 to a height not greater than twelve feet above the
16 ground, illuminating torches, bamboo cannons,
17 whistles, toy smoke devices, wheels, and ground
18 spinners that when ignited remain within a circle with
19 a radius of twelve feet as measured from the point
20 where the item was placed and ignited, novelty or
21 trick items, combination items, and other fireworks of
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like construction that are designed to produce the
same or similar effects.
“Cultural” means relating to the arts, customs, traditions,
mores, and history of [all of] the various ethnic groups of
Hawaii.”
SECTION 3. Section 132D-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended to read as follows:
“~132D-3 [Permisoible u303] Use of consumer fireworks[--];
prohibition; except for cultural use. [Conzumcr firoworko may
~e] It shall be unlawful for any person to set off, [ignitcd,
diochargcd,] ignite, discharge or otherwise [cauocd] cause to
explode any consumer fireworks within the State [only:
-(4-)- From 9:00 p.m. on Ncw Ycar’z Evc to 1:00 a.m. on Ncw
Ycar’z Day; from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Chincoc Now
Ycar’3 Day; and from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on thc
Fourth of July; or
-(-2-)- From 9:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. ac allowcd by pcrmit
~~~ant to occti~
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1 , except for cultural use from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. as allowed
2 by permit pursuant to section 132D-l0; provided that the
3 purchase of not more than five thousand individual consumer
4 fireworks commonly known as firecrackers shall be allowed under
5 each permit.”
6 SECTION 4. Section 132D-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
7 amended to read as follows:
8 “~132D-5 General prohibitions. (a) [~-~] In addition to
9 the prohibition under section 132D-3, it shall be unlawful for
10 any person [without a pcrmit iocucd undcr ocction 132D 10 by a
11 county firc dcpartmcnt] to:
12 (1) Remove or extract the pyrotechnic contents from