H.C.R. No. 54 Summary

• Urges the Department of Law Enforcement to monitor the use of illegal fireworks at public parks and beaches throughout Hawaii

• Documents that emergency rooms and hospitals treated 110 individuals for fireworks-related injuries on December 31, 2024, and January 1, 2025, including five fatalities—the highest total since 2010 when there were 112 injuries

• Notes that Hawaii's per-capita injury rate of 4.1 per 100,000 residents far exceeds the national average of 2.9 per 100,000 residents during the New Year's holiday period

• References a 2011 Oahu ordinance (Ordinance 10-25) that banned most consumer fireworks and initially reduced injuries from 79 (2010-2011) to 14 (2011-2012), but injury rates have more than doubled since 2011-2012

• Directs certified copies of the resolution be transmitted to the Governor and Director of Law Enforcement