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THE Senate on December 10 unanimously passed a bill to regulate the sale and discharge of fireworks, the Summary Offences (Amendment) Bill 2025. The bill was piloted by Attorney General John Jeremie who praised the work of the Law Reform Commission for drafting the bill. All 30 senators present voted for the bill, with none against and no abstentions.

Those speaking included Jeremie, Opposition Senator Foster Cummings and Independent Senators Anthony Vieira and Frances Lewis.

The bill was previously passed unanimously in the House of Representatives by all 38 votes in support on December 9, where it was also piloted by Jeremie, with contributors also including Diego Martin Central MP Symon de Nobriga, Port of Spain South MP Keith Scotland and Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar.