CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 41-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 2193

H.D. 1

S.D. 2

C.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2193, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIREWORKS,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to amend the State's Fireworks Control Law to:

(1) Authorize officers having police powers and every county fire department officer to enter and inspect the premises of a licensee or permittee for compliance with the Fireworks Control Law, and establish penalties for hindering an officer;

(2) Establish procedures to authorize the Department of Law Enforcement to conduct administrative inspections of controlled premises;

(3) Require licensees and permittees who hold, store, transport, sell, possess, or otherwise dispose of fireworks or articles pyrotechnic to keep records and maintain inventories;

(4) Require licensees and permittees to report to the Director of Law Enforcement and appropriate county fire chief if they have reason to believe that fireworks or articles pyrotechnic were stolen, embezzled, or otherwise obtained by fraud or diversion;

(5) Authorize law enforcement agencies and county fire departments to safely dispose of confiscated fireworks and articles pyrotechnic;

(6) Require violators to be held liable for storage and disposal costs;

(7) Specify that each type of prohibited firework constitutes a separate violation; and

(8) Authorize the Department of Law Enforcement, in addition to the counties, to enforce the Fireworks Control Law.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2024; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2193, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2193, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ GLENN WAKAI Chair	____________________________ DAVID A. TARNAS Co-Chair
____________________________ KARL RHOADS Co-Chair	____________________________ SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO Co-Chair
____________________________ DONNA MERCADO KIM Co-Chair
____________________________ BRANDON J.C. ELEFANTE Co-Chair