Bill > H2117

This bill amends existing Massachusetts law to redefine what constitutes "fireworks" by excluding certain items, thereby permitting their sale and use at all times. Specifically, it clarifies that "fireworks" does not include toy pistols, canes, or guns using caps with a very small amount of explosive compound, or sparklers with a limited amount of pyrotechnic mixture, as well as other non-explosive, non-aerial sparkling devices with specific weight limitations, snake and glow worms, smoke devices, and trick noisemakers like party poppers and drop pops, provided they also contain minimal explosive mixtures. The bill also maintains existing exceptions for fireworks sold for shipment out of state, for supervised public displays, for use by transportation agencies for signaling or illumination, for blank cartridges used in theatrical or athletic events, for industrial tools, for experiments at explosives factories, for use by the militia or veteran organizations, for firearm training and hunting, and for farmers and fruit growers using firecrackers to protect crops from birds.