Utah legislators light fuse that may change fireworks laws

Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune Lawmakers on Wednesday discussed amending the state's fireworks laws.After a dry summer when fireworks ignited many fires, Utah legislators lighted a fuse Wednesday toward possibly blasting current fireworks regulations.

The Business and Labor Interim Committee voted to open a “committee bill file” to amend fireworks laws. Legislative staff gives priority to drafting legislation that is deemed a committee bill over legislation sought by individual members.

Rep. Jim Dunnigan, R-Taylorsville, House chairman of the committee and author of legislation that legalized aerial fireworks in 2011, requested the move. But he said exactly what that bill may contain is…