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Read. Follow. Verify.Connecticut bill legalizes certain novelties and expands consumer fountain rules starting October 1, 2026
Last action · April 1, 2026: File Number 302
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What This Bill Proposed
To require the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection to conduct a study of the general statutes and regulations of Connecticut state agencies relating to fireworks to determine whether any revisions to such statutes or regulations are necessary and to submit a report concerning the results of such study.
Residents aged 16 and older gain legal access to specific previously restricted low-level pyrotechnic novelties and larger multi-base s, while retailers face updated product standards and criminal penalties for illegal fireworks sales exceeding $10,000.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Individuals 16 years of age or older
Individuals aged 16 or older gain legal permission to purchase, use, and possess newly added novelty items and larger multi-base fountains.
Retailers offering fireworks and novelties
Retailers are permitted to offer and sell an expanded inventory of nonexplosive, nonaerial fountains and novelties.
Department of Revenue Services
The department experiences an annual sales tax revenue gain of up to $100,000 from expanded commercial sales.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who is eligible to purchase the newly permitted fountains and novelties under this bill?
What types of novelties become legal for consumer purchase?
How does the bill change multi-item fountain limits?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · on the Senate floor.
Procedural history
9 actions- Apr 1, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFile Number 302
- Apr 1, 2026SenateSenate Calendar Number 212
- Apr 1, 2026SenateFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
- Apr 1, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
- Mar 26, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReferred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/31/26 5:00 PM
- Mar 17, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
Show 3 earlier actions
- Mar 17, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyJoint Favorable Substitute
- Mar 5, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyPublic Hearing 03/12
- Mar 4, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyCommitteeReferred to Joint Committee on Public Safety and Security
Version history
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Sales Tax Revenue Gain
Expanding the legal categories of consumer fountains and novelties directly creates a projected state sales tax revenue gain of up to $100,000 annually.
Connected Entities
Sources
cga.ct.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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