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AZ SB1667
Bill
Status
2/5/2020
Primary Sponsor
David Gowan
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AI Summary
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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