STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2335

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2183

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation and Energy, to which was referred S.B. No. 2183 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIREWORKS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

(1) Establish responsibilities for shippers that receive fireworks;

(2) Authorize the use of fireworks, by permit, for film and movie productions;

(3) Authorize the testing, disposal, and destruction of illegal and unwanted fireworks by law enforcement; and

(4) Correct the labeling dimensions of certain fireworks.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii State Fire Council, Honolulu Fire Department, Kauai Fire Department, Hawaii Fire Department of the County of Hawaii, and one individual.

Your Committee finds that this measure would add another safeguard when fireworks are transported into and within the State by creating another avenue for fire departments to be notified of fireworks being transported. By requiring shippers to also notify fire departments, there is an increased chance for the fire departments to know if an unlicensed individual is attempting to transport fireworks into or within the State. Your Committee also finds that the two exceptions to the fireworks prohibitions, for movie productions and law enforcement, are both reasonable exceptions, and that the change in labeling dimensions is now consistent with nationally recognized standards.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and Energy that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2183 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation and Energy,

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair