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Read. Follow. Verify.California SB 828 Tightens Fireworks Regulations, Storage Disclosures, and Infraction Fines
Record date · September 8, 2026
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What This Bill Would Do
Senate Bill 828 increases administrative penalties for fireworks infractions up to $5,000, requires fireworks licensees to disclose storage locations and local permits, and mandates annual safety inspections by local agencies. The bill also expands the definition of and broadens the grounds under which the State Fire Marshal can deny or suspend licenses.
Local residents face significantly higher fines up to $5,000 for fireworks ordinance violations, while fireworks businesses must comply with stricter storage disclosure rules and mandatory annual safety inspections by local fire agencies.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Fireworks manufacturers, wholesalers, importers, and exporters
Licensees must disclose storage facility addresses, provide Federal Explosives Licenses and local permits, face higher penalties for storage notification violations, and submit to annual inspections.
Local fire departments and public agencies
Agencies are required to inspect fireworks facilities at least once every 12 months, receive storage notifications, and are authorized to adopt fee schedules to recover administrative costs.
California residents
Residents face increased infraction fines up to $5,000 for violating local fireworks ordinances.
Key Facts
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently filed. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Committee.
Version history & redline
5 versions on fileOfficial version history is partial: 5 linked texts are unavailable or incomplete. Source links remain available below.
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Lobbying Activity
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Full breakdown
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Discoveries
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Shift in Fine Allocation and Enforcement Responsibility
The bill removes the requirement to forward 65% of collected administrative fines to the State Fire Marshal Fireworks Enforcement and Disposal Fund, shifting financial mechanisms toward local agency cost recovery.
Connected Entities
Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance75How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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