Three fireworks bills clear committee
The state House Consumer Protection Committee on Tuesday unanimously passed three of four fireworks-related bills.
The most restrictive of those measures, House Bill 213 — which would impose a statewide limit on consumer fireworks except by permit for cultural events — was deferred by the committee chairman, Aaron Ling Johanson, an Oahu Democrat, likely killing it for this legislative session.
“I don’t know that a one-size-fits-all is a good idea, considering the differences between the counties,” Johanson said.
