SB 2419

ON APRIL 16, 2026, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2419, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites the bill to, instead, require a person who offers sparkling devices for sale and who does not hold a fireworks permit to register each location at which the person offers such devices for sale with the state fire marshal. The fee f or such registration must be $25, and registrations expire on December 31st of the year in which it was issued. as used in this amendment, "sparkling devices"" mean ground-based or hand-held devices that emit showers of sparks and sometimes a whistling or c rackling effect when burning, do not detonate or explode, cannot propel themselves through the air, and contain (i) 75 grams or less of pyrotechnic compound per tube; (ii) 200 total grams or less of pyrotechnic compound if multiple tubes are used; and (iii) 500 grams or less of pyrotechnic compound if multiple tubes are used and are separated from each other on a base by at least 1/2 inch. This includes cylindrical fountains, cone fountains, illuminating torches, wheels, ground spinners, flitter sparklers, toy smoke devices, and wire sparklers containing 100 grams or less of pyrotechnic composition per item . Present law authorizes toy paper pistol caps which contain less than 0.25 grains of explosive compounds, cone, bottle, tube, and other type serpentine pop-off novelties, model rockets, wire sparklers containing 100 grams or less of composition per item, emergency flares, matches, trick matches, and cigarette loads to be sold at all times. This amendment also authorizes sparkling devices to be sold at all times. Further, this amendment clarifies that ""novelties"" means party poppers, snappers, deregulated toy smoke devices, snakes, and glow worms that do not require approval from the United States department of transportation and are not regulated as explosives . Present law prohibits placing, storing, locating, or displaying fireworks in any window where the sun may shine through glass onto the fireworks so displayed or to permit the presence of lighted cigars, cigarettes, or pipes, within 10 feet of where the f ireworks are offered for sale. This amendment includes sparkling devices in such prohibition. Further, this amendment prohibits the presence of lighted cigars, cigarettes, or pipes within 10 feet of where fireworks or sparkling devices are offered for s al e. Present law requires signs to be posted stating ""Fireworks - No smoking"" in letters not less than four inches high at all places where fireworks are stored or sold. This bill also requires such a sign to be posted at all places where sparkling device s are stored or sold. Present law requires all firework devices that are readily accessible to handling by consumers or purchasers to have their fuses protected against accidental ignition of an item by spark, cigarette ash, or other ignition source. This amendment requires the same of sparkling devices. Present law requires a person to be at least 16 to purchase Class C common fireworks or sparkling devices. This amendment requires the same for sparkling devices. Present law makes it unlawful to explode or ignite fireworks within 600 feet of a church, hospital, asylum, or public school, or within 200 feet of a location where fireworks are sold. This amendment makes the same unlawful for sparkling devices. Present law makes it unlawful for a person to ignite or discharge fireworks within a motor vehi cl e or to throw fireworks from a motor vehicle while the motor vehicle is within or near any person or group of people. This amendment makes the same unlawful for sparkling devices. Present law makes it unlawful to sell any Class C common fireworks within Knox, Davidson, or Shelby counties unless other requirements are met. This amendment places the same prohibition on the sale of sparkling devices. This amendment provides that a private act, county ordinance, or city ordinance that is in effect before or on June 30, 2026, that prohibits or restricts the sale or use of fireworks also prohibits or restricts the sale or use of sparkling devices, unles s such private act, county ordinance, or city ordinance is amended to allow for the sale or use of sparkling devices."