Ohio – Its not even July, and many people are hearing fireworks around the area, and they are legal this weekend. How is this?
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine’s office signed an Amended Substitute House Bill 172 in 2021 that legislation that will allow fireworks to be legalized during certain holidays starting this weekend. Governor DeWine issued the following statement on the legislation:
“Amended Substitute House Bill 172 is a better bill than Senate Bill 113, which was the original fireworks bill that I vetoed. Because it was clear to me that the legislature would have overridden my veto, making Senate Bill 113 the law, I worked with the General Assembly to arrive at a compromise that included changes I wanted to see in the legislation…