Bill > SB999

This bill aims to strengthen restrictions on consumer fireworks in Hawaii by comprehensively revising existing laws to enhance public safety. The legislation repeals all permissible uses of consumer fireworks by minors, establishes significant civil penalties for illegal fireworks use and sales, and introduces new enforcement mechanisms including asset forfeiture and nuisance abatement proceedings. Key changes include increasing fines for violations (up to $5,000), requiring fireworks education for offenders, mandating that fifty percent of collected fines go to the county for law enforcement purposes, and allowing seizure of assets used in fireworks-related offenses. The bill also appropriates funds to the Department of Law Enforcement to develop community safety education programs, with the goal of reducing unauthorized fireworks use that endangers public safety, property, and the environment. Notably, the legislation removes previous provisions that allowed minors to use fireworks under parental supervision and expands the legal consequences for parents whose children violate fireworks regulations, ultimately seeking to create a more stringent regulatory framework around consumer fireworks in the state.

Budget and Finance, Government Affairs

https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=999&year=2026