Illinois Senate Bill 1256

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-05-19 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Andrew S. Chesney
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Fireworks Regulation Act of Illinois and the Pyrotechnic Use Act. Provides that "fireworks" and "consumer fireworks" do not include handheld or ground-based sparklers that are nonexplosive and nonaerial, sometimes producing a crackling or whistling effect, and containing 75 grams or less of pyrotechnic composition per tube or a total of 500 grams or less for multiple tubes (rather than only sparklers) or wood stick or wire sparklers containing not more than 100 grams of pyrotechnic mixture per item. Effective January 1, 2024.

FIREWORKS REGULATION-SPARKLERS

Sen. Napoleon Harris [D]

Sen. Neil Anderson [R]

Sen. Andrew Chesney [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-19	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Andrew S. Chesney
2023-03-31	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2023-03-31	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2023-03-23	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 31, 2023
2023-03-10	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 24, 2023
2023-03-07	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
2023-03-02	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2023-03-02	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
2023-03-02	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
2023-02-28	Senate	Assigned to Executive
2023-02-03	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2023-02-03	Senate	First Reading
2023-02-03	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Napoleon Harris, III

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
425	30	2	Amended Code	Citation Text
425	35	1	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1256&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB1256.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB1256sam001.htm