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House approves changes to fireworks law, expands approved products and sales window
Summary
House Bill 22 expands the category of permissible consumer fireworks (allowing certain multi‑shot 'cakes'), shifts the sale/discharge window to June 26–July 26, and keeps high‑risk devices prohibited; sponsor said it reflects enforcement realities and has fire marshal support.
The Utah House of Representatives approved amendments to the State Fire Prevention and Fireworks Act on third reading, expanding the range of permissible consumer fireworks to include certain multi‑shot devices commonly called "cakes" and adjusting sales and discharge dates.
Representative Dunnigan, sponsor of House Bill 22, said the change is grounded in safety testing and fire marshal input. He described the permitted devices as stable, multi‑shot devices with a predictable trajectory and argued they would reduce cross‑border…
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