Proposed Hawaii Firearm Legislation HB2479
Legislation Overview
Title: Relating To Crime.
Subject: Crime: Protection of Self, Others, or Property: Reimbursement
Description: Provides reimbursement of reasonable legal costs to defendants charged with an offense under certain sections of the Penal Code if the defendant is found not guilty because the use of force upon or toward another person is justifiable because of self-protection, protection of others, or protection of property.
Session: 2020 Regular Session
Last Action: Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 5
Last Action Date: January 27, 2020
Sponsors
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4 sponsors: Sam Kong (D); Rida Cabanilla Arakawa (D); Richard Creagan (D); Calvin Say (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 8% (4 of 51)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Jan 27, 2020 | Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 5 |
| House | Jan 23, 2020 | Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
| House | Jan 22, 2020 | Pending introduction. |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 22, 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
