HB875

In fireworks, further providing for definitions, for use of display fireworks and for use of consumer fireworks and repealing provisions relating to rules and regulations by municipality, to sales locations, to fees, granting of licenses and inspections, to refusal, suspension or revocation of license, to conditions for facilities, to consumer fireworks tax and to disposition of certain funds.

Introduced·3/11/25
Introduced Text

Pennsylvania HB875 amends fireworks regulations, defining consumer fireworks, restricting their use, and repealing certain municipal regulations.

Pennsylvania HB875 amends Title 3 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to redefine "consumer fireworks," specifying they include any combustible or explosive composition intended for visible or audible effects by combustion. It restricts the use of consumer fireworks, prohibiting their use on private or public property without permission, within or directed at a vehicle or building, directed at another person, while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or within 150 feet of a building or animal housing facility.

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Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee
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History

Mar 11, 2025

House

Referred to Agriculture & Rural Affairs