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AZ SB1667

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/5/2020

Primary Sponsor

David Gowan

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-fourth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2020)

AI Summary

  • Allows counties with populations exceeding 500,000 to permit sales and use of multiple-tube aerial devices as permissible consumer fireworks, defined per APA 87-1 standards but excluding single-shot or reloadable aerial shells.

  • Clarifies that permissible consumer fireworks may be sold at retail establishments that comply with existing rules and are not housed in temporary facilities, except for seasonal consumer firework stands.

  • Maintains prohibition on fireworks designed to rise, explode, or detonate in the air, including firecrackers, bottle rockets, sky rockets, roman candles, and other aerial devices not specifically permitted.

  • Adds civil penalties up to $1,000 for sellers who attempt to sell prohibited aerial devices or aid purchasers in acquiring them for use in Arizona, with authority to prohibit future sales.

  • Preserves existing exemptions for display fireworks, wholesale shipments out of state, industrial explosives, and wildlife management uses by farmers and state/federal employees.

Legislative Description

Fireworks; aerial devices

Public Health And Safety - Title 36

Last Action

Senate motion to reconsider third reading

2/26/2020

Full Bill Text

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