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Proposed Hawaii Firearm Legislation HB995

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Legislation Overview

Title: Relating To Firearms Reporting.

Subject: ATG: Firearms: Reporting

Description: Amends the annual reporting requirements imposed on the Department of the Attorney General and the chief of police of each county regarding licenses to carry firearms.

Session: 2025 Regular Session

Last Action: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none.

Last Action Date: March 27, 2025

Companion Bill: SB1314

Sponsors

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1 sponsors: Nadine Nakamura (D);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 2% (1 of 51)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Mar 27, 2025 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none.
Senate Mar 25, 2025 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-27-25 10:40AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
Senate Mar 21, 2025 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-25-25 10:01AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
Senate Mar 21, 2025 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC.
Senate Mar 21, 2025 Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1228) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC.
Senate Mar 19, 2025 The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in PSM were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Wakai, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga.
Senate Mar 14, 2025 The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
Senate Mar 4, 2025 Passed First Reading.
Senate Mar 4, 2025 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 135).
Senate Mar 4, 2025 Referred to PSM, JDC.
House Feb 28, 2025 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate.
House Feb 27, 2025 Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4).
House Feb 27, 2025 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 801), recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
House Feb 19, 2025 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.
House Feb 14, 2025 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-19-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
House Jan 23, 2025 Introduced and Pass First Reading.
House Jan 23, 2025 Referred to JHA, referral sheet 3
House Jan 21, 2025 Pending introduction.
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced Jan 27, 2025 state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
03/19/2025 3 1 0 1 Yes
  • DeCorte, Samantha (R) Nay
  • Elefante, Brandon (D) Yea
  • Fukunaga, Carol (D) Absent
  • Rhoads, Karl (D) Yea
  • Wakai, Glenn (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
03/27/2025 4 1 0 0 Yes
  • Awa, Brenton (R) Nay
  • Chang, Stanley (D) Yea
  • Gabbard, Mike (D) Yea
  • Rhoads, Karl (D) Yea
  • San Buenaventura, Joy (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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