{"id":112821,"date":"2022-07-03T16:14:44","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T20:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=112821"},"modified":"2022-07-03T16:14:44","modified_gmt":"2022-07-03T20:14:44","slug":"changes-to-rein-in-abusive-use-of-fireworks-head-to-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=112821","title":{"rendered":"Changes to rein in abusive use of fireworks head to governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Legislation that would put some sensible restrictions on the use of consumer fireworks is headed to the governor\u2019s desk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile I would have preferred a ban on consumer fireworks, this bill is better than current law. It addresses some of the concerns that have been raised in communities across Pennsylvania,\u201d said state Rep. Mike Schlossberg, D-Lehigh. \u201cI encourage anyone who uses fireworks to do so safely and follow state guidelines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The state law concerning fireworks was loosened in 2017 to allow the use of fireworks more often and in many locations across Pennsylvania, but that usage has become a real nuisance on an almost weekly basis, particularly during warm weather.<\/p>\n<p>The state House of Representatives and Senate passed legislation (H.B. 2157) this week that would add restrictions and increase penalties. Details can be found here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legis.state.pa.us\/CFDOCS\/Legis\/PN\/Public\/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&amp;sessYr=2021&amp;sessInd=0&amp;billBody=H&amp;billTyp=B&amp;billNbr=2157&amp;pn=3332\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.legis.state.pa.us\/CFDOCS\/Legis\/PN\/Public\/btCheck.cfm?txtType%3DHTM%26sessYr%3D2021%26sessInd%3D0%26billBody%3DH%26billTyp%3DB%26billNbr%3D2157%26pn%3D3332&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1656951902804000&amp;usg=AOvVaw23_I2N2gyc5OnzOEIBosiM\">https:\/\/www.legis.state.pa.us\/CFDOCS\/Legis\/PN\/Public\/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&amp;sessYr=2021&amp;sessInd=0&amp;billBody=H&amp;billTyp=B&amp;billNbr=2157&amp;pn=3332<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nTom Andrews<br \/>\nHouse Democratic Communications Office<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Legislation that would put some sensible restrictions on the use of consumer fireworks is headed to the governor\u2019s desk. \u201cWhile I would have preferred a ban on consumer fireworks, this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=112821\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Changes to rein in abusive use of fireworks head to governor<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/schlossberg-mike-rep.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112821"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=112821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/106890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=112821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=112821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}