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HB1163 • 2026

FIRE PROTECT/FIRE MARSHAL: Provides relative to the sale of fireworks

FIRE PROTECT/FIRE MARSHAL: Provides relative to the sale of fireworks

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Chance Henry
Last action
2026-04-01
Official status
Pending House Commerce - Considered 5/18/26
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about safety concerns or local regulations, leaving these points as unknowns.

Fireworks Sales Rules

This bill changes the current law to allow the sale of permissible fireworks at any time, not just during specific dates.

What This Bill Does

  • Amends and reenacts R.S. 51:652(B) to remove restrictions on when permissible items of fireworks can be sold.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Retailers who sell fireworks
  • People who buy fireworks

Terms To Know

Permissible items of fireworks
Fireworks that are allowed to be sold according to the law.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if there are safety concerns with selling fireworks at all times.
  • It is unclear how this change will affect local regulations on fireworks sales.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Draft

Plain English: The amendment changes definitions and regulations related to fireworks sales, licensing, and permits in Louisiana.

  • Clarifies that 'proximate displays' include indoor displays where audience is closer than NFPA standards allow.
  • Updates the definition of 'public display' to specify types of fireworks allowed and their use for public amusement.
  • Modifies requirements for pyrotechnic operators, including licensing by the state fire marshal.
  • Adjusts fees for licenses and permits related to public displays.
  • The amendment text is complex and includes many technical details that are not fully explained here.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-01 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce.

  2. 2026-03-31 H

    Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Official Summary Text

FIRE PROTECT/FIRE MARSHAL: Provides relative to the sale of fireworks

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
HLS 26RS-2737 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 1163
BY REPRESENTATIVE CHANCE HENRY
FIRE PROTECT/FIRE MARSHAL: Provides relative to the sale of fireworks
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 51:652(B), relative to the sale of fireworks; to provide for when
3 permissible items of fireworks may be sold at retail; and to provide for related
4 matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 51:652(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 §652. Proper naming; certification on shipping cases; time for selling; exceptions;
8 sale and storage in homes prohibited
9 * * *
10 B. Permissible items of fireworks, enumerated in R.S. 51:651, may be sold
11 at retail only from noon June sixteenth through midnight July fifth and noon
12 December fifteenth through midnight January first of each calendar year. at any time.
13 * * *
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 1163 Original 2026 Regular Session Chance Henry
Abstract: Provides relative to the sale of fireworks.
Present law provides that permissible items of fireworks, enumerated in present law, may
be sold at retail only from noon June 16th through midnight July 5th and noon Dec. 15th
through midnight Jan. 1st of each calendar year.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
HLS 26RS-2737 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 1163
Proposed law amends present law to provide that permissible items of fireworks nay be sold
at retail at any time.
(Amends R.S. 51:652(B))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.