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AZ SB1284
Bill
Status
1/28/2025
Primary Sponsor
David Gowan
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AI Summary
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Updates fireworks standards from APA 87-1 to APA 87-1A and 87-1B (2018 version) and clarifies definitions of consumer and display fireworks.
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Requires annual licensing for retailers selling permissible consumer fireworks and annual registration for wholesalers, with licensing fees to be established by the state fire marshal.
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Prohibits sale of permissible consumer fireworks in tents, canopies, or membrane structures and raises minimum age for purchase from 16 to 18 years old.
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Increases civil penalties for selling fireworks in violation of law from unspecified amount to $5,000 and increases fine for using fireworks on preservation lands from at least $1,000 to at least $5,000.
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Authorizes the office of the state fire marshal, highway patrol, sheriffs, and municipal/county fire marshals to seize illegal fireworks and prohibits repeat violators (more than 2 confiscations in 5 years) from selling permissible consumer fireworks for 3 years.
Legislative Description
Fireworks; aerials; licensure; penalties
Licensure
Last Action
Senate read second time
1/29/2025