Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2667, S.D. 2, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to redefine the terminology used in referring to fireworks and articles pyrotechnic to more closely conform to that of federal agencies that regulate such explosives to improve the enforcement and regulation of the importation, storage, sale, and use of fireworks and articles pyrotechnic. This bill also prohibits the sale of consumer fireworks after midnight on New Year's Day, 6:00 p.m. on Chinese New Year's Day, and 8:00 p.m. on the Fourth of July.

The State Fire Council and Legislative Information Services of Hawaii supported this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2667, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2667, S.D. 2, H.D. 1.