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Read. Follow. Verify.Pennsylvania Bill HB 875 Bans Consumer Fireworks Sales and Repeals Regulatory Provisions
Last action · March 11, 2025: Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS, March 11, 2025Sponsors: Tarah Probst and 8 others
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What This Bill Would Do
Pennsylvania House Bill 875 prohibits the purchase, possession, and use of statewide by repealing key sections of Title 3, while also removing municipal authority to regulate fireworks, striking down facility licensing and safety rules, eliminating the 12% consumer fireworks tax, and repealing specific funding allocations for emergency services and firefighter training. The measure takes effect in 60 days.
Residents statewide face a total prohibition on , while retailers, local governments, emergency medical services, and fire departments lose the licensing framework, municipal oversight, tax revenues, and dedicated grant funding previously established under state law.
- Consumer fireworks sales and use were previously authorized and regulated under Pennsylvania law following legislative changes enacted in recent years. context
- House Bill 875 was introduced in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives during the 2025-2026 session and referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Affairs. context
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.
Residents of Pennsylvania
Individuals are prohibited from purchasing, possessing, or using consumer fireworks statewide.
Consumer fireworks retailers
Municipalities
Local governments lose statutory authority to enact local conditions, prohibitions, limitations, or permit requirements on consumer fireworks.
Emergency medical services providers
EMS programs and training initiatives lose dedicated funding streams previously transferred annually from consumer fireworks tax revenues.
Firefighters
Fire departments and training accounts lose dedicated annual allocations previously provided for capital grants, training programs, and volunteer loan forgiveness.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can residents still buy or use consumer fireworks under this bill?
What happens to the 12% tax on consumer fireworks?
Do municipalities retain the right to regulate consumer fireworks?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
1 action- Mar 11, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS, March 11, 2025
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Complete Reversal of Consumer Fireworks Legalization
The bill shifts Pennsylvania from a regulated consumer fireworks market with a 12% tax and municipal oversight to an outright statutory prohibition on purchase, possession, and use.
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- Controversy90Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz75Current news / social attention level
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