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BILLS LISTED HERE CURRENTLY NEED TESTIMONY
| B150 Firearms; Lending; Firearm Permit; Firearm Registration RELATING TO FIREARMS. Prohibits a person from lending a firearm to a person who does not have a firearm permit or does not have a registered firearm. Requires an adult who is borrowing a firearm to have either a firearm permit or a registered firearm, and not be prohibited to own or possess a firearm. Specifies that an adult who is twenty-one years of age or older may be lent a rifle or shotgun for a period not to exceed twelve hours. Repeals the authorization to use a rifle or shotgun outside of the State for up to seventy-five days. Repeals the authorization to lend a rifle or shotgun without a permit. | (H ) 2/14/2025 – Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-19-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. | TARNAS, AMATO, EVSLIN, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, OLDS, PERRUSO | JHA |
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HOUSE BILLS
| HB125 Firearms; Storage; Notice RELATING TO FIREARMS. Requires retail sellers of firearms to provide purchasers with notice regarding the law on firearms storage. Expands the requirements for the secure storage of firearms. Clarifies the offense of criminally negligent storage of a firearm. | (H ) 2/6/2025 – The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Cochran, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Garcia. | TARNAS, AMATO, BELATTI, EVSLIN, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, KITAGAWA, LOWEN, MATAYOSHI, OLDS, PERRUSO, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TAM | JHA | SB862 |
| HB136 Firearms; Licensed Dealers; Trigger Lock; Notice; Secure Storage RELATING TO FIREARMS. Requires a trigger lock for all firearms purchases from a licensed dealer. Requires licensed firearms dealers to provide purchasers with notice regarding the law on firearms storage. Amends the requirements for the secure storage of firearms and establishes fines for violations. Amends the offense of criminally negligent storage of a firearm. | (H ) 1/21/2025 – Referred to JHA, CPC, referral sheet 1 | QUINLAN, EVSLIN, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, KILA, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, LA CHICA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, OLDS, TAKAYAMA, TAM | JHA, CPC | |
| HB137 Firearms; Ownership, Possession, or Control; Prohibition RELATING TO FIREARMS. Provides that felons that are in violation of the prohibition against owning, possessing, or controlling a firearm or ammunition are subject to a mandatory prison term. | (H ) 1/21/2025 – Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1 | QUINLAN, CHUN, EVSLIN, HOLT, KILA, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MORIKAWA, OLDS, TAM | JHA | |
| HB138 Firearms; Secure Storage RELATING TO FIREARMS. Clarifies the requirements for the secure storage of firearms. Amends the offense of criminally negligent storage of a firearm to establish felony penalties for when a minor obtains an unsecured firearm and it results in injury or death. | (H ) 1/21/2025 – Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1 | QUINLAN, EVSLIN, GARRETT, KILA, KITAGAWA, KUSCH, LA CHICA, LAMOSAO, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, OLDS, TAKAYAMA, TAM | JHA | |
| HB150 Firearms; Lending; Firearm Permit; Firearm Registration RELATING TO FIREARMS. Prohibits a person from lending a firearm to a person who does not have a firearm permit or does not have a registered firearm. Requires an adult who is borrowing a firearm to have either a firearm permit or a registered firearm, and not be prohibited to own or possess a firearm. Specifies that an adult who is twenty-one years of age or older may be lent a rifle or shotgun for a period not to exceed twelve hours. Repeals the authorization to use a rifle or shotgun outside of the State for up to seventy-five days. Repeals the authorization to lend a rifle or shotgun without a permit. | (H ) 2/14/2025 – Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-19-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. | TARNAS, AMATO, EVSLIN, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, OLDS, PERRUSO | JHA | |
| HB392 Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package; Criminal Offenses; Firearms; Ghost Guns RELATING TO FIREARMS. Prohibits the possession, transfer, and sale of ghost guns. Establishes mandatory minimum sentencing for use of a ghost gun in the commission of a felony. | (H ) 2/6/2025 – The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Cochran, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Shimizu; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem, Garcia. | NAKAMURA (Introduced by request of another party) | JHA | |
| HB483 Crime; Smuggling; Drugs; Firearms; Weapons; Hawaii Covert Operations Against Smuggling and Transnational Threats; DLE RELATING TO HAWAII COVERT OPERATIONS. Establishes the Hawaii Covert Operations Against Smuggling and Transnational Threats program with the Department of Law Enforcement to combat smuggling of drugs and weapons and human trafficking. | (H ) 1/21/2025 – Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 2 | MURAOKA, GARCIA, MATSUMOTO | JHA, FIN | |
| HB664 HD1 Office of Gun Violence Prevention; Gun Violence Prevention Special Fund; Gun Violence Resource Bank; Establishment; Grants; Appropriations RELATING TO GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION. Establishes the Office of Gun Violence Prevention to conduct community outreach on gun violence prevention, develop and administer a grant program for gun violence prevention, and develop and administer a gun violence resource bank. Establishes the Gun Violence Prevention Special Fund and appropriates funds into and out of the special fund. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1) | (H ) 2/14/2025 – Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Matsumoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick, Shimizu, Souza voting no (5) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4). | KILA, EVSLIN, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, TAKAYAMA, TAKENOUCHI, TAM | JHA, FIN | |
| HB279 Firearms; Firearm Parts; Criminal Offenses; Penalties RELATING TO FIREARMS. Allows the carrying or possessing of firearm parts only at or between certain locations and in an enclosed container. Defines firearm parts and prohibited persons. Establishes and increases penalties for the carrying or possessing of certain firearms or firearm parts other than at or between specific locations and in an enclosed container. | (H ) 2/6/2025 – The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. | TARNAS, AMATO, BELATTI, EVSLIN, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, KAHALOA, KILA, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, MIYAKE, OLDS, PERRUSO, SAYAMA, TAKAYAMA, TODD | JHA, FIN |
SENATE BILLS
| SB128 Criminal Trespass; Agricultural Land; Penalty; Firearm RELATING TO TRESPASS. Establishes the crime of criminal trespass on agricultural land. Prohibits persons being prosecuted for or convicted of the crime of criminal trespass on agricultural land from owning, possessing, or controlling a firearm or ammunition. | (S ) 1/17/2025 – Referred to AEN, JDC. | DECOITE, AQUINO, CHANG, DECORTE, KANUHA, WAKAI, San Buenaventura | AEN, JDC | |
| SB174 Ammunition; Purchase; Transfer; License to Sell RELATING TO FIREARMS AMMUNITION. Requires the licensing of sellers of ammunition, and for the identification and proper permitting of purchasers or possessors of ammunition. Regulates ammunition in the same manner that firearms are regulated. | (S ) 1/17/2025 – Referred to PSM/CPN, JDC. | RHOADS, CHANG, FUKUNAGA, LEE, C., MORIWAKI | PSM/CPN, JDC | |
| SB285 Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package; Criminal Offenses; Firearms; Ghost Guns RELATING TO FIREARMS. Prohibits the possession, transfer, and sale of ghost guns. Establishes mandatory minimum sentencing for use of a ghost gun in the commission of a felony. | (S ) 1/27/2025 – Re-Referred to PSM, JDC. | KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) | PSM, JDC | |
| SB308 SD1 Firearms; Detachable Magazines RELATING TO FIREARMS. Expands the ban on pistols with a detachable magazine with over a ten-round capacity to any firearm with a detachable magazine with over a ten-round capacity. Effective 1/1/2026. (SD1) | (S ) 2/14/2025 – Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. | RHOADS, CHANG, KIDANI, MORIWAKI | PSM, JDC | |
| SB363 SD1 Firearms; Firearm Parts; Criminal Offenses; Penalties RELATING TO FIREARMS. Allows the carrying or possessing of firearm parts only at or between certain locations and in an enclosed container. Defines firearm parts and prohibited persons. Establishes and increases penalties for the carrying or possessing of certain firearms or firearm parts other than at or between specific locations and in an enclosed container. (SD1) | (S ) 2/14/2025 – Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. | MORIWAKI, CHANG, ELEFANTE, RHOADS, Wakai | PSM, JDC | |
| SB400 Firearms; Lending; Firearm Permit; Firearm Registration RELATING TO FIREARMS. Prohibits a person from lending a firearm to a person who does not have a firearm permit or does not have a registered firearm. Requires an adult who is borrowing a firearm to have either a firearm permit or a registered firearm, and not be prohibited to own or possess a firearm. Specifies that an adult who is twenty-one years of age or older may be lent a rifle or shotgun for a period not to exceed twelve hours. Repeals the authorization to use a rifle or shotgun outside of the State for up to seventy-five days. Repeals the authorization to lend a rifle or shotgun without a permit. | (S ) 1/21/2025 – Referred to PSM, JDC. | RHOADS, CHANG | PSM, JDC | |
| SB401 SD1 Firearms; Gun Safety; High Caliber Guns RELATING TO FIREARMS. Includes any firearm or rifle with the capacity to fire ammunition of fifty caliber or higher, excluding antique pistols and revolvers, and muzzleloaders, in the list of prohibited weapons. Effective 1/1/2026. (SD1) | (S ) 2/14/2025 – Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. | RHOADS, CHANG, Wakai | PSM, JDC | |
| SB600 Firearms; Assault Pistols; Assault Weapon Attachments; .50 Caliber Rifles; Magazine Capacity; Prohibition RELATING TO FIREARMS. Amends the prohibition on certain assault weapons to include .50 caliber rifles and assault weapon attachments. Modernizes the prohibition on assault pistols to include pistols with one or more prohibited feature. Prohibits firearms other than pistols with a detachable magazine with over a twenty-round capacity. Prohibits persons from bringing or causing to be brought into the State a .50 caliber rifle or assault weapon attachment. Prohibits the sale or transfer of a .50 caliber rifle or assault weapon attachment in the State, unless the .50 caliber rifle or assault weapon attachment is sold or transferred to an authorized individual. Creates exceptions for the acquisition and possession of prohibited firearms for members of law enforcement and the military. | (S ) 1/23/2025 – Referred to PSM/CPN, JDC. | WAKAI, CHANG, LEE, C., MORIWAKI, RHOADS | PSM/CPN, JDC | |
| SB774 Office of Gun Violence Prevention; Gun Violence Prevention Special Fund; Gun Violence Resource Bank; Establishment; Grants; Appropriation RELATING TO GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION. Establishes the Office of Gun Violence Prevention to conduct community outreach on gun violence prevention, develop and administer a grant program for gun violence prevention, and develop and administer a gun violence resource bank. Establishes the Gun Violence Prevention Special Fund and appropriates funds into and out of the special fund. Appropriates funds. | (S ) 1/23/2025 – Referred to PSM, WAM/JDC. | RHOADS, CHANG | PSM, WAM/JDC | |
| SB862 Firearms; Storage; Notice RELATING TO FIREARMS. Requires retail sellers of firearms to provide purchasers with notice regarding the law on firearms storage. Expands the requirements for the secure storage of firearms. Clarifies the offense of criminally negligent storage of a firearm. | (S ) 1/23/2025 – Referred to PSM, CPN/JDC. | RHOADS | PSM, CPN/JDC | |
| SB433 Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Bladed Weapon; Open Carry; Affirmative Defense RELATING TO WEAPONS. Prohibits any person from openly carrying a deadly or dangerous weapon. Includes bladed weapon in the list of deadly or dangerous weapons. Establishes an affirmative defense to a prosecution for the purposes of lawful self-defense and transporting a weapon. | (S ) 1/21/2025 – Referred to PSM, JDC. | RHOADS, CHANG, Elefante | PSM, JDC | |
| SB728 Firearms Possession; Disqualification; Disposal; Statement; Seizure RELATING TO FIREARMS POSSESSION. Requires individuals denied a firearm permit or otherwise disqualified from possessing firearms and certain defendants to provide a sworn statement that the individual has disposed of any firearms and ammunition in the individual’s possession. Requires the applicable chief of police to search firearm permit and registration records for those individuals before serving a protective order or restraining order involving firearms or ammunition, and to seize any firearms or ammunition that were not disposed of. Requires police to seize firearms and ammunition in domestic abuse cases that are in plain view of the officer or discovered by consensual search. | (S ) 1/23/2025 – Referred to PSM, JDC. | RHOADS | PSM, JDC |