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House committee votes to add commercial equine facilities to 100-yard fireworks exclusion, with local opt-in required
Summary
The House Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee approved HB 614 to extend a 100-yard fireworks exclusion to certain commercial equine facilities, but the measure requires local ordinances before protections apply.
A House Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee majority voted to approve HB 614 (LC 443088), a bill that would add “a commercial facility housing equines in a confined area” to the list of sites eligible for the statutory 100-yard fireworks exclusion.
Sponsor comments and committee discussion focused on two central rationales: protecting horses from fireworks-related noise and reducing fire risk at older barns. The bill’s sponsor said the change is meant “to attempt to mitigate but not try to solve in a narrow way some significant concerns of…
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