Bills › 88th General Assembly
Modifying provisions relating to the sale of certain fireworks, and making penalties applicable
Topics:Business & economy
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedMarch 5, 2019
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
Current law allows a consumer fireworks seller license holder to sell consumer fireworks between June and July and between December and January each year at a permanent building, and between June and July each year at a temporary structure. This bill removes the dates allowed for consumer fireworks sales and instead provides that a consumer fireworks seller license holder shall only sell consumer fireworks within the two calendar weeks immediately preceding the date on which the use of consumer fireworks is permitted, whether pursuant to the dates specified in the Code or, if applicable, the dates specified by a county or city in an ordinance or resolution.
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Under current law, a person who violates the bill is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. A simple misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than days or a fine of at least $65 but not more than $625 or by both.