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Proposed Hawaii Firearm Legislation HB2232

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Relating To Firearms.

Subject: Firearms: Mental Health: Red Flags: Restrictions: Family Court Records

Description: Prohibits certain individuals who, as a minor, were diagnosed with behavioral, emotional, or mental disorders or adjudicated by the family court to have committed a certain number of crimes of violence from owning firearms unless the person has been medically documented to be no longer either adversely affected by the behavioral, emotional, or mental disorder or deemed a danger to themselves or others. Requires records of these diagnoses or adjudications to be made available to law enforcement officials.

Session: 2020 Regular Session

Last Action: The committee(s) on PVM/JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.

Last Action Date: February 6, 2020

Sponsors

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2 sponsors: Bob McDermott (R); Gregg Takayama (D);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 4% (2 of 51)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Feb 6, 2020 The committee(s) on PVM/JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
House Feb 4, 2020 Bill scheduled to be heard by PVM/JUD on Thursday, 02-06-20 2:15PM in House conference room 325.
House Jan 31, 2020 Re-referred to PVM/JUD, referral sheet 13
House Jan 27, 2020 Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 5
House Jan 23, 2020 Introduced and Pass First Reading.
House Jan 21, 2020 Pending introduction.
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced Jan 21, 2020 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

There have not been any votes on this bill

Link: link to state bill page

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