Establishes various criminal offenses and penalties related to fireworks or articles pyrotechnic. Amends multiple definitions and penalties for fireworks offenses, including heightened penalties if another person suffers substantial bodily injury, serious bodily injury, or death as a result of the fireworks offenses. Adds fireworks infractions to the existing adjudication of infractions process for traffic and emergency period infractions.
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History
2025
Jun 30Act 243, 06/30/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1346).Latest
Jun 30Act 243, on 06/30/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1346).Major
May 2Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 2). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none).Major
Vote recorded Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 2). Result: pass.Upper
May 2Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Iwamoto excused (2).Major
May 2Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 889).Minor
May 2Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 824).Minor
May 2Transmitted to Governor.
Apr 30Floor Amendment No. 7 offered by Rep. Tarnas.
Apr 30Floor amendment adopted as amended CD 2 with none voting no and Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia excused.Major
Apr 30Floor amendment adopted as amended (CD 2).Major
Apr 30Separated Committee Report.
Apr 30Report filed.
Apr 3048 Hrs. Notice 05-02-25
Apr 25The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Kitagawa, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
Vote recorded The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. Result: pass.Lower
Vote recorded The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. Result: pass.Upper
Apr 25The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Rhoads, Kim, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.Minor
Apr 25Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 233) as amended in (CD 1).
Apr 11Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704).Minor
Apr 10House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).Minor
Apr 8Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) San Buenaventura. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.Passed Senate
Vote recorded Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Result: pass.Upper
Apr 8Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 772) in amended form (SD 1).
Apr 4The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.Minor
Vote recorded The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. Result: pass.Upper
Apr 4Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1831) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
Apr 4One Day Notice 04-08-25.
Apr 2The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-04-25 10:46AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
Mar 21Reported from PSM/JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1268) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
Mar 21Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.Minor
Mar 13The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Wakai, Fukunaga, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 0 Excused: none.Minor
Vote recorded The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. Result: pass.Upper
Vote recorded The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. Result: pass.Upper
Mar 13The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) San Buenaventura ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none.Minor
Mar 10The committee(s) on PSM/JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-13-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
Mar 4Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 178).Minor
Mar 4Passed First Reading.Minor
Mar 4Referred to PSM/JDC, WAM.Minor
Feb 28Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 983), recommending passage on Third Reading.
Feb 28Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate.Passed House
Feb 25The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Kusch, Reyes Oda, Ward.Minor
Vote recorded The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. Result: pass.Lower
Feb 21Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-25-25 12:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
Feb 13Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 629) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
Feb 13Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Matsumoto, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3).Minor
Feb 6The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cochran; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Shimizu; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Garcia.Minor
Vote recorded The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. Result: pass.Lower
Feb 3Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-06-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
Jan 27Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 4Minor
Jan 23Introduced and Pass First Reading.Introduced