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TennesseeSB 2419114th General Assembly (2025-2026)SenateWALLET

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to fireworks.

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Signed by Governor

Fireworks

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5 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 3 costs, 1 mixed.

Year-round sales for sparklers and novelties

Beginning July 1, 2026, sparkling devices, novelties, emergency flares, matches, trick matches, cigarette loads, and qualifying toy caps can be sold and used year-round. Toy paper pistol caps must contain less than 0.25 grains of explosive compounds. Sparkling devices emit sparks without exploding or propelling themselves through the air. Their pyrotechnic content limits are 75 grams per tube and 200 grams total for multiple tubes. The multiple-tube limit is 500 grams when tubes are at least 1/2 inch apart. Covered types include cylindrical and cone fountains, illuminating torches, wheels, ground spinners, flitter sparklers, and toy smoke devices. Wire sparklers are covered when they contain no more than 100 grams per item. Novelties include party poppers, snappers, deregulated toy smoke devices, snakes, and glow-in-the-dark devices that need no federal transportation approval and are not regulated as explosives.

Fireworks buyers face age and identification limits

Beginning July 1, 2026, buyers must be at least 16 to purchase Class C common fireworks or sparkling devices. Buyers aged 16 or 17 must show state-issued photo identification or be accompanied by an adult. Sellers cannot sell these products to anyone under 16 or to an intoxicated or irresponsible person.

Sparkling-device sellers face county and local limits

Beginning July 1, 2026, retail sales of Class C common fireworks and sparkling devices are barred in counties with more than 355,000 people under the 2010 federal census or a later census. An exception covers municipalities with 600–620 people under the 1980 federal census or a later census where sales were permitted before 1984. A stand can continue sales after at least 45 years of annual fireworks or sparkling-device sales if its parcel is partly in a covered county or its county location is disputed. Private acts and county or city ordinances restricting fireworks sales or use under Tennessee Code § 68-104-116(a), in effect by June 30, 2026, also cover sparkling devices unless amended to allow them. In counties with 58,075–58,175 people under the 1980 federal census or a later census, Tennessee Code § 68-104-105 controls.

Sparkling-device sellers pay annual registration fees

Beginning July 1, 2026, sparkling-device sellers without a permit under Tennessee Code § 68-104-102(d) must register each sales location. They must register with the Tennessee State Fire Marshal and pay $25 per location each calendar year. Sellers under 18 cannot register. Registrations expire December 31; an expired, unrenewed registration becomes a violation on the third day after expiration. The law also excludes sparkling-device permits from Tennessee Code § 68-104-105, without specifying new permit fees or requirements.

Fireworks safety protections bring tighter use limits

Beginning July 1, 2026, safety protections also cover sparkling devices, with limits on fireworks and sparkling-device use. Neither can be set off within 600 feet of a church, hospital, asylum, or public school. The distance is 200 feet around places where these products are stored, sold, or offered for sale. The law bars setting them off inside vehicles, throwing them from vehicles at or near people, or placing or throwing lit items into or at vehicles or at or near people. Neither product can be placed, stored, or displayed where sunlight may shine through a window onto it. Lighted cigars, cigarettes, and pipes are barred within 10 feet of places offering either product for sale.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

There is no primary sponsor on record.

Cosponsors

  • Paul Bailey

    Republican • Senate

  • Janice Bowling

    Republican • Senate

  • Ken Yager

    Republican • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 113 • No: 21

House vote • 4/21/2026

FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026

Yes: 68 • No: 16

Senate vote • 4/16/2026

FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/16/2026

Yes: 27 • No: 3

Senate vote • 4/14/2026

SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

Yes: 11 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/7/2026

SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE

Yes: 7 • No: 2

Actions Timeline

  1. Effective date(s) 07/01/2026

    5/27/2026

  2. Pub. Ch. 1135

    5/27/2026

  3. Signed by Governor.

    5/22/2026Senate

  4. Transmitted to Governor for action.

    5/11/2026Senate

  5. Signed by H. Speaker

    5/7/2026House

  6. Signed by Senate Speaker

    4/30/2026Senate

  7. Enrolled and ready for signatures

    4/29/2026Senate

  8. Passed H., Ayes 68, Nays 16, PNV 3

    4/21/2026House

  9. Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0959)

    4/21/2026House

  10. Subst. for comp. HB.

    4/21/2026House

  11. Sponsor(s) Added.

    4/17/2026Senate

  12. Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

    4/16/2026Senate

  13. Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 3

    4/16/2026Senate

  14. Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA1004)

    4/16/2026Senate

  15. Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 for 4/16/2026

    4/15/2026Senate

  16. Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/16/2026

    4/14/2026Senate

  17. Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee

    4/14/2026Senate

  18. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/14/2026

    4/9/2026Senate

  19. Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee on 4/14/2026

    4/9/2026Senate

  20. Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0

    4/7/2026Senate

  21. Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/7/2026

    4/1/2026Senate

  22. Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/17/2026

    3/10/2026Senate

  23. Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/10/2026

    3/4/2026Senate

  24. Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/10/2026

    3/3/2026Senate

  25. Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/3/2026

    2/24/2026Senate

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