Arizona 54th Legislature - 2nd Regular Session Status: Passed Senate 2 R cosponsors

SB 1667 — fireworks; aerial devices

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The amended version of SB 1667 adds specific types of consumer fireworks, including aerial spinners and torpedoes, to the list of permissible items that can be sold by retail establishments. The bill also specifies that these establishments must comply with certain safety rules. This change is significant as it clarifies what types of fireworks can be legally sold, ensuring both compliance with safety regulations and better informed choices for consumers.

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SB1667 - 542R - S-Commerce-Proposed   Fifty-fourth Legislature                                                 Commerce Second Regular Session                                                  S.B.
SB1667 - 542R - S Ver       Senate Engrossed         State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session       SENATE BILL 1667       AN ACT   Amending sections 36‑1601 and 36‑1605, Arizona Revised Statutes;
  PROPOSED SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B.
relating to fireworks.
1667 (Reference to printed bill)   Page 2, line 36, strike ", mine devices, shell devices" insert ", mine devices, shell devices" Amend title to conform     MICHELLE UGENTI-RITA   16670436.docx 02/12/2020 04:36 PM S:
    (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)   Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
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Section 1.  Section 36-1601, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE36-1601.  Definitions In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
1.  "APA 87‑1" means the American pyrotechnics association standard 87‑1, standard for construction and approval for transportation of fireworks, novelties and theatrical pyrotechnics, December 1, 2001 version.
2.  "Consumer firework" means small firework devices that contain restricted amounts of pyrotechnic composition designed primarily to produce visible or audible effects by combustion and that comply with the construction, chemical composition and labeling regulations prescribed in 49 Code of Federal Regulations parts 172 and 173, regulations of the United States consumer product safety commission as prescribed in 16 Code of Federal Regulations parts 1500 and 1507 and the APA 87‑1.
3.  "Display firework" means large firework devices that are explosive materials intended for use in fireworks displays and designed to produce visible or audible effects by combustion, deflagration or detonation as prescribed by 49 Code of Federal Regulations part 172, regulations of the United States consumer product safety commission as prescribed in 16 Code of Federal Regulations parts 1500 and 1507 and the APA 87‑1.
4.  "Fireworks":
(a)  Means any combustible or explosive composition, substance or combination of substances, or any article prepared for the purpose of producing a visible or audible effect by combustion, explosion, deflagration or detonation, that is a consumer firework or display firework.
(b)  Does not include:
(i)  Toy pistols, toy canes, toy guns or other devices in which paper caps containing not more than twenty‑five hundredths grains of explosive compound are used if constructed so that the hand cannot come in contact with the cap when in place for the explosion.
(ii)  Toy pistol paper caps that contain less than twenty‑hundredths grains of explosive mixture, or fixed ammunition or primers therefor.
(iii)  Federally deregulated novelty items that are known as snappers, snap caps, party poppers, glow worms, snakes, toy smoke devices and sparklers.
(iv)  Permissible consumer fireworks.
5.  "Governing body" means the board of supervisors of a county as to the area within the county but without the corporate limits of an incorporated city or town and means the governing body of an incorporated city or town as to the area within its corporate limits.
6.  "NFPA 1124" means the national fire protection association code for the manufacture, transportation, storage, and retail sales of fireworks and pyrotechnic articles, 2013 edition as published in August 2012.
7.  "Permissible consumer fireworks":
(a)  Means the following types of consumer fireworks as defined by the APA 87‑1:
(i)  Ground and handheld sparkling devices.
(ii)  Cylindrical fountains.
(iii)  Cone fountains.
(iv)  Illuminating torches.
(v)  Wheels.
(vi)  Ground spinners.
(vii)  Flitter sparklers.
(viii)  Toy smoke devices.
(ix)  Wire sparklers or dipped sticks.
(x)  Multiple tube ground and handheld sparkling devices, cylindrical fountains, cone fountains and illuminating torches manufactured in accordance with section 3.5 of the APA 87‑1.
(b)  Includes, in a county with a population of more than five hundred thousand persons, adult snappers and multiple-tube aerial devices.
For the purposes of this subdivision:
,  (i)  "Adult snapper" means a device that consists of a paper‑wrapped or plastic tube that does not contain a fuse, and that produces a single report and that meets all applicable requirements for fuseless firecrackers as defined by the United States consumer product safety commission and the American fireworks safety laboratory.
(ii)  "Multiple-tube aerial devices" means a device that is defined in sections 3.1.2.5 and 3.5 in the APA 87‑1, but not those that include a single-shot device or reloadable aerial shell.
(c)  Does not include anything other than as specified in this paragraph that is designed or intended to rise into the air and explode or to detonate in the air or to fly above the ground, including firework items defined by the APA 87‑1 and known as firecrackers, bottle rockets, sky rockets, missile-type rockets, helicopters, aerial spinners, torpedoes, roman candles, mine devices, shell devices and aerial shell kits or reloadable tubes.
8.  "Person" includes an individual, partnership, firm or corporation.
END_STATUTE Sec. 2.  Section 36-1605, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE36-1605.  Permitted uses;
violations;
civil penalties A.  This article does not prohibit:
1.  The sale at wholesale by a resident wholesaler, dealer or jobber of fireworks that are not prohibited by this article.
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2.  The sale of fireworks to bona fide wholesalers, dealers or jobbers that are to be and are shipped directly out of the state, if the seller of fireworks under this paragraph maintains for a period of five years and makes available on request to the office of the state fire marshal or the local fire marshal, as applicable, the following information:
(a)  The name and address of each bona fide wholesaler, dealer or jobber for which a shipment is to be and is made directly out of the state, including each wholesaler's, dealer's and jobber's applicable state fireworks permit.
(b)  An invoice for each sale for which a shipment is to be and is made directly out of the state that contains a detailed listing of the products sold for the shipment that is to be and is made directly out of the state.
(c)  A bill of lading for each shipment that is to be and is shipped directly out of the state that contains both of the following:
(i)  The name and address of the out-of-state shipment destination.
(ii)  The name of the private carrier making the out‑of‑state delivery.
(d)  A statement from each bona fide wholesaler, dealer or jobber purchasing fireworks that are to be and are shipped directly out of the state that contains both of the following:
(i)  The purpose for which the fireworks that are to be and are shipped directly out of the state are to be used, including the location where the fireworks will be used.
(ii)  That the fireworks that are not permissible fireworks in this state are for sale or use only outside of this state.
3.  The use of fireworks by railroads or other transportation agencies for signal purposes or illumination.
4.  The sale or use of explosives for blasting or other legitimate industrial purposes.
5.  The use of fireworks or explosives, or both, by farmers, ranchers and their employees who are regulated under title 3, and by state and federal employees who manage wildlife resources, to rally, drive or otherwise disperse concentrations of wildlife for the purpose of protecting property or wildlife, if the seller of fireworks for use under this paragraph maintains for a period of five years and makes available on request to the office of the state fire marshal or the local fire marshal, as applicable, all of the following information:
(a)  The name and address of each person or business purchasing fireworks for use pursuant to this paragraph.
(b)  A copy of one of the following types or categories of current licenses issued by the Arizona department of agriculture for each person or business purchasing fireworks for use pursuant to this paragraph:
(i)  Dairy and milk license.
(ii)  Egg and egg products license.
(iii)  Feedlot license.
(iv)  Citrus, fruit and vegetable license.
(v)  Brand license.
(vi)  Pesticide use license.
(c)  A statement from each person or business purchasing fireworks for use pursuant to this paragraph that contains the purpose for which the fireworks are to be used, including the location where the fireworks will be used.
6.  The sale of permissible consumer fireworks by a retail establishment if the retail establishment complies with the rules adopted pursuant to section 36‑1609 and is not housed in a temporary facility as defined in NFPA 1124, except for consumer firework retail sale stands.
7.  The use of permissible consumer fireworks by the general public, unless the use is prohibited by a governing body of an incorporated city or town.
B.  A person who fails to maintain or to make available on request information as required by subsection A, paragraph 2 of this section is subject to a civil penalty of five hundred dollars $500 per violation.  A person who attempts to purchase fireworks that are to be and are shipped directly out of the state pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 2 of this section, other than permissible fireworks, for use in this state is subject to a civil penalty of one hundred fifty dollars $150 per violation.  A seller of fireworks who attempts either to sell fireworks pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 2 of this section, other than permissible fireworks, for use in this state or to aid a purchaser in purchasing fireworks pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 2 of this section, other than permissible fireworks, for use in this state is subject to a civil penalty of one thousand dollars $1,000 per violation, and the office of the state fire marshal or the local fire marshal, as applicable, may prohibit the seller from selling permissible fireworks in this state or the applicable jurisdiction.
C.  A person who fails to maintain or to make available on request records as required by subsection A, paragraph 5 of this section is subject to a civil penalty of five hundred dollars $500 per violation.  A person who attempts to use fireworks purchased pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 5 of this section for a use other than the use authorized pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 5 of this section is subject to a civil penalty of one hundred fifty dollars $150 per violation.  A seller of fireworks under subsection A, paragraph 5 of this section who attempts either to sell fireworks to a purchaser for use in this state other than the use authorized by subsection A, paragraph 5 of this section or to aid a purchaser in purchasing fireworks for use in this state other than as authorized by subsection A, paragraph 5 of this section is subject to a civil penalty of one thousand dollars $1,000 per violation, and the office of the state fire marshal or the local fire marshal, as applicable, may prohibit the seller from selling permissible fireworks in this state or the applicable jurisdiction.
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Votes

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Failed 14 Yea · 15 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 6000
Democrat 0300
Unaffiliated 81201
Total 141501
% of votes cast 47%50%0%3%
How each member voted (30)
Member Party Vote
Andrea Dalessandro — Nay
David Bradley — Nay
Eddie Farnsworth — Yea
Frank Pratt — Yea
Heather Carter — Yea
Jamescita Peshlakai — Nay
Juan Mendez — Nay
Karen Fann — Yea
Kate Brophy McGee — Nay
Lisa Otondo — Nay
Martin Quezada — Nay
Michelle B. Ugenti-Rita — Yea
Paul Boyer — Not Voting
Rebecca Rios — Nay
Rick Gray — Yea
Sean Bowie — Nay
Sine Kerr — Yea
Sonny Borrelli — Yea
Tony Navarrete — Nay
Tyler Pace — Nay
Victoria Steele — Nay
Lela Alston Democrat Nay
Lupe Contreras Democrat Nay
Sally Ann Gonzales Democrat Nay
David C. Farnsworth Republican Yea
David Gowan Republican Yea
David Livingston Republican Yea
J.D. Mesnard Republican Yea
Sylvia Allen Republican Yea
Venden "Vince" Leach Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 1667?
SB 1667 is sponsored by Kevin Payne (Republican) and David Gowan (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 1667?
This bill died with 54th Legislature - 2nd Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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