HB 1483

  • Hawaii House Bill
  • 2025 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House Mar 04, 2025
  • Passed House Feb 28, 2025
  • Passed Senate Apr 08, 2025
  • Became Law Jun 30, 2025

Relating To Fireworks.

Abstract

Establishes various criminal offenses and penalties related to fireworks or articles pyrotechnic. Amends multiple definitions and penalties for fireworks offenses, including heightened penalties if another person suffers substantial bodily injury, serious bodily injury, or death as a result of the fireworks offenses. Adds fireworks infractions to the existing adjudication of infractions process for traffic and emergency period infractions. (CD2)

Bill Sponsors (30)

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Jun 30, 2025

House

Act 243, on 06/30/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1346).

Senate

Act 243, 06/30/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1346).

May 02, 2025

House

Transmitted to Governor.

Senate

Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 824).

House

Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 889).

House

Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Iwamoto excused (2).

Senate

Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 2). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none).

Apr 30, 2025

Senate

48 Hrs. Notice 05-02-25

Senate

Report filed.

Senate

Separated Committee Report.

Senate

Floor amendment adopted as amended (CD 2).

Senate

Floor Amendment No. 12 offered.

House

Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday, 05-02-25.

House

Floor amendment adopted as amended CD 2 with none voting no and Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia excused.

House

Floor Amendment No. 7 offered by Rep. Tarnas.

Apr 25, 2025

Senate

48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25

Senate

Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 233).

House

Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.

House

Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 233) as amended in (CD 1).

Senate

The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Rhoads, Kim, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

House

The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Kitagawa, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

Apr 24, 2025

House

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 3:30PM in conference room 325.

Apr 23, 2025

House

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-24-25 3:30PM in conference room 325.

Apr 22, 2025

House

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-23-25 3:30PM in conference room 325.

Apr 21, 2025

House

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-22-25 3:30PM in conference room 325.

Apr 17, 2025

House

Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-21-25 3:45PM in conference room 325.

Apr 16, 2025

House

Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 810).

Senate

Senate Conferees Appointed: Elefante Chair; Rhoads, Kim Co-Chairs; Wakai, Fevella.

Apr 15, 2025

Senate

Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732).

Apr 14, 2025

House

House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas, Kitagawa Co-Chairs; Shimizu.

Apr 11, 2025

Senate

Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704).

Apr 10, 2025

House

House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

Apr 08, 2025

House

Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 772) in amended form (SD 1).

Senate

Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) San Buenaventura. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

Apr 04, 2025

Senate

One Day Notice 04-08-25.

Senate

Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1831) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

Senate

The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

Apr 02, 2025

Senate

The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-04-25 10:46AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

Mar 21, 2025

Senate

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

  • Reading-2
  • Referral-Committee
Ways and Means

Senate

Reported from PSM/JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1268) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

Mar 13, 2025

Senate

The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) San Buenaventura ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none.

Senate

The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Wakai, Fukunaga, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 0 Excused: none.

Mar 10, 2025

Senate

The committee(s) on PSM/JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-13-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

Mar 04, 2025

Senate

Referred to PSM/JDC, WAM.

  • Referral-Committee
Public Safety and Military Affairs Judiciary Ways and Means

Senate

Passed First Reading.

Senate

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 178).

Feb 28, 2025

House

Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate.

House

Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 983), recommending passage on Third Reading.

Feb 25, 2025

House

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Kusch, Reyes Oda, Ward.

Feb 21, 2025

House

Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-25-25 12:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

Feb 13, 2025

House

Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Matsumoto, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3).

  • Reading-2
  • Referral-Committee
Finance

House

Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 629) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

Feb 06, 2025

House

The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cochran; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Shimizu; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Garcia.

Feb 03, 2025

House

Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-06-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

Jan 27, 2025

House

Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 4

  • Referral-Committee
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Finance

Jan 23, 2025

House

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

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