SB 17-222

Senate Bill 17-222 moves Colorado's fireworks laws from one part of the state’s legal code to another for better organization. Specifically, it transfers these regulations from Title 12 (which covers professions and occupations) to a new section in Title 24 (which pertains to public safety). This change affects anyone involved with or regulated by Colorado’s fireworks laws. Since the bill has been signed into law, the changes have already taken effect, meaning that fireworks are now governed under the Department of Public Safety rather than within the context of professions and occupations.

Official Summary

Committee on Legal Services. Current law directs the office of legislative legal services to study the organizational recodification of title 12 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, which relates to professions and occupations. To implement the initial recommendations of the study, section 1 of the bill relocates article 28 of title 12, which relates to fireworks, to a new part 20 of article 33.5 of title 24, which title pertains to the department of public safety. Section 8 repeals the article in title 12 where these laws were previously codified, and sections 2 through 7 make conforming amendments.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

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