HB432 Summary

• Redesignates "common fireworks" as "consumer fireworks" and provides specific definitions for non-aerial ground devices and novelties under federal law classifications.

• Increases State Fire Marshal permit fees for manufacturing, distributing, wholesaling, and retailing fireworks and pyrotechnics, with manufacturer fees rising from $2,000 to $2,700 and distributor fees from $2,000 to $2,700.

• Prohibits city and county ordinances from conflicting with state law regarding transportation, storage, retail sale, possession, or use of non-aerial ground devices or novelties, though cities may still restrict aerial devices and audible ground devices.

• Requires semiannual transfers of 5 percent of collected permit fees from the State Fire Marshal's Fund to the Alabama Firefighters Annuity and Benefit Fund.

• Allows the State Fire Marshal to increase fees every five years based on Consumer Price Index increases, capped at 2 percent annually, with baseline measurement from December 2019.