HONOLULU (KHON2) -- Governor Josh Green, M.D., and other state officials provided an update on the Āliamanu illegal fireworks incident on Monday. Get Hawaii's latest morning news delivered to your inbox, sign up for News 2 You State officials said they will propose new laws and penalties for people who set off illegal fireworks. Lawmaker looks for answers to stop Hawaii’s fireworks epidemic As many as 40 people were injured following the deadly blast on New Year's: a 3-year-old, a 23-year-old and two sisters were among those killed. Dozens had to be taken to the hospital following the incident which stretched the healthcare system on Oahu thin. Governor Green said more hospitalized victims will likely die from their injuries. "So we have to do more to keep our people safe," Gov. Green said. "We are going to have to pull back from aerials." "We are proposing significant enhancements in the penalties so that we can literally enhance sentencing to Class B and A felonies if people are killed when these fireworks go off, even accidentally, it has to stop," he added. The State Attorney General's Office has drafted a bill streamlining firework laws so prosecutors can convict people faster. It also has a wide range of penalties depending on the offense. "Right now, we don't have infractions, we don't have tickets for low-level offenders," Attorney General Anne Lopez said. "So that's why the police can't be out there enforcing anything, because there's nothing to enforce." The state said the current laws are not straightforward and this bill targets everyone. "Repeat offenders, almost all offenses will go up one class if the offender had a prior fireworks conviction within the past 10 years," explained Deputy Attorney General Tricia Nakamatsu, who worked on the bill over the last two weeks. "And will also go up one class if there is anyone who has suffered substantial bodily injury." The AG said going after the most serious offenders won't solve the problem. "Individuals who purchase fireworks, even in small amounts, the end users, create the illicit market and this bill creates a mechanism for law enforcement to provide tickets with financial penalties to the lowest level of offenders," Lopez explained. "We feel that this will be much more of a deterrent to people," Nakamatsu added. "These penalties will encompass everyone all the way up from the end user to the person who purchased it, to the person who sold or imported that illegal firework without a license or permit." Currently, penalties are based on the weight of the fireworks that are retrieved and collected through evidence. The AG's office said new definitions would not require certain types of measurements of fireworks and would not even require the evidence to be collected. Honolulu Police said the Āliamanu case was still under investigation. The legislature will reconvene on Wednesday. Governor Green said more technology will be used to stop fireworks from entering the state. Find more Hawaii, Oahu, Maui and Kauai news here "I think technology is probably going to be necessary to meet the sheer volume of what people have been doing, and without getting into details, we don't want any criminal element to have any cues, but we are going to be using some new technologies with the illegal importation, about the illegal importation of some of these fireworks," Gov. Green added.