HI HB806

Appropriates $500,000 for fiscal year 2025-2026 and $500,000 for fiscal year 2026-2027 to the Department of Law Enforcement to conduct sting operations on Oahu enforcing chapter 132D (fireworks laws), Hawaii Revised Statutes.

Appropriates $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2025-2026 to the Department of Law Enforcement to establish an explosives and firearms laboratory on Oahu.

Legislature finds that illegal fireworks pose extreme danger to public health and safety, causing fires, serious injuries, and fatalities, with the 2024 Aliamanu New Year's Eve explosion killing at least six lives.

Legislature recognizes that fireworks-related incidents strain public safety resources, emit toxins affecting residents with respiratory ailments, create noise trauma for war veterans with post-traumatic stress, and harm pets and wildlife.

Takes effect on July 1, 2025.