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HB607 • 2026

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

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Sponsor
SOUZA, KONG, TAM
Last action
2025-12-08
Official status
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on enforcement mechanisms or the full scope of current firework regulations.

Fireworks Safety Law

This law makes causing serious bodily injury or death from using fireworks a Class A felony.

What This Bill Does

  • Establishes the offense of causing serious bodily injury or death as a result of fireworks use as a Class A felony.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who cause serious bodily injury or death through the illegal use of fireworks in Hawaii

Terms To Know

Felony
A serious crime that can lead to a long prison sentence.
Serious bodily injury
An injury that causes significant harm or permanent damage.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify how the law will be enforced.
  • Does not change other existing laws about fireworks use and sales.

Bill History

  1. 2025-12-08 D

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

  2. 2025-01-21 H

    Referred to JHA, referral sheet 2

  3. 2025-01-21 H

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  4. 2025-01-17 H

    Pending introduction.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.
Fireworks; Offense; Penalties; Felonies
Establishes the Class A felony-level offense of serious bodily injury or death resulting from fireworks.

Current Bill Text

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HB607

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

607

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING
TO FIREWORKS
.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

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The legislature finds that
fireworks-related offenses occur all too often within the State, and often
cause devastating physical harm to residents.
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The legislature particularly notes the recent mass casualty incident in
Aliamanu on December 31, 2024, in which fireworks killed at least four people
and injured dozens more.
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The legislature
believes that the State must take action to deter the illegal use of fireworks.

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Accordingly,
the purpose of this Act is to establish the class A felony-level offense of serious
bodily injury or death resulting from fireworks.

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Chapter 132D, Hawaii Revised
Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and
to read as follows:

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Serious
bodily injury or death resulting from fireworks.
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(a)
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Any person who causes serious bodily injury
to another, or causes the death of another, as a result of the person's a
ctions
as described in section 132D-14(a)(2), shall be guilty of a class A felony.

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(b)
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This section shall not be construed to
preclude the imposition of any other penalty imposed by this chapter.
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This Act does not affect rights and
duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were
begun before its effective date.

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New statutory material is
underscored.

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SECTION 5.
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This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Fireworks;
Offense; Penalties; Felonies

Description:

Establishes
the Class A felony-level offense of serious bodily injury or death resulting
from fireworks.

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