Limit the Decibel Level of Fireworks Near Working Farms

Last updated: Apr 1, 2022

Details about this bill
Category: Fireworks
Status: Passed
Sponsor: Senator Scott Cyrway, Senate 16 - Kennebec County
Session: 130
Bill #: LD 1348

Position:

Monitoring.

UPDATE 1/16/2022: The bill sponsor proposed amending the bill to require a municipal permit to use fireworks after the fireworks have been purchased. The bill remains tabled.

UPDATE 2/14/2022: The bill was amended to a study and supported unanimously by the committee.

UPDATE 4/1/22: The governor has signed this study into law.

Summary:

Senator Cyrway of Kennebec would prohibit a person from discharging fireworks or consumer fireworks that results in a noise level that exceeds 75 decibels at a boundary of a farm actively engaged in agricultural production and containing livestock.