A would make some home fireworks legal by the year 2020, a move being applauded by at least one local manufacturer.

It鈥檚 the busy season at American Fireworks these days. The company is putting together about 200 Fourth of July displays throughout the Midwest while simultaneously operating a retail store at its headquarters in Hudson.

Under current state law, consumer fireworks must be taken out-of-state within 48 hours of purchase. But the bill introduced this spring in the Statehouse would change that. John Sorgi is the seventh-generation owner of American Fireworks, who looks forward to the bill being considered this fall. He says it鈥檚 similar to a law passed in Michigan in 2011.

鈥淭hey鈥檙e putting an additional tax on it. Those taxes go to Fire Departments, safety organizations, those kinds of things. (The year) 2020 is when they鈥檙e looking at it, but something could happen quicker. You never know.鈥�

Sorgi adds that home pyrotechnics are safer today due to extra testing and technology.

鈥淪omething that came in 20 years ago, you couldn鈥檛 really track as a dangerous product. Now, if something鈥檚 dangerous, the whole country can know within two days of it happening. Technology鈥檚 really brought fireworks into a [safe] environment.鈥�

The bill proposes a 4 percent tax on home fireworks. The Michigan law legalized bottle rockets, firecrackers and Roman candles, which Sorgi says are among the most popular items at his store.

Sorgi says demand at his company鈥檚 retail store is high in years when the Fourth of July falls on a Monday or Tuesday -- giving people more time to enjoy fireworks at home. But he says sales are also dependent on weather.