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Passed Hawaii Firearm Legislation HB2744

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Relating To Gun Violence Prevention.

Subject: Gun Violence and Violent Crimes Commission: Firearms: Ghost Guns: Registration

Description: Establishes the gun violence and violent crimes commission. Requires reports to the Legislature. Makes it a class C felony to purchase, manufacture, or otherwise obtain firearm parts for the purpose of assembling a firearm having no serial number. Amends certain requirements relating to firearms registration. (SD2)

Session: 2020 Regular Session

Last Action: Transmitted to Governor.

Last Action Date: July 10, 2020

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

10 sponsors: Chris Lee (D); Richard Creagan (D); Cedric Gates (D); Troy Hashimoto (D); Aaron Johanson (R); Lisa Kitagawa (D); Nicole Lowen (D); Richard Onishi (D); Gregg Takayama (D); Tina Wildberger (D);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 20% (10 of 51)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Jul 10, 2020 Transmitted to Governor.
House Jul 10, 2020 Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 2 with Representative(s) Tokioka voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) DeCoite, Eli, Kong, Matsumoto, McDermott, Okimoto, Say, Ward voting no (8) and Representative(s) Har, Ohno excused (2).
House Jul 10, 2020 House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
House Jul 10, 2020 Reconsideration of action taken on 07-06-20.
House Jul 6, 2020 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
Senate Jul 6, 2020 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 384).
House Jul 2, 2020 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 562) in amended form (SD 2).
Senate Jul 2, 2020 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Fevella). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
Senate Jun 30, 2020 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3729) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
Senate Jun 30, 2020 48 Hrs. Notice 07-02-20.
Senate Jun 25, 2020 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, J.Keohokalole, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Gabbard ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Fevella; and 0 Excused: none.
House Jun 22, 2020 Re-referred to JUD/PVM, FIN, referral sheet 48
Senate Jun 19, 2020 The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 06-25-20 10:00AM in conference room 016.
Senate May 19, 2020 Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3557) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
Senate May 19, 2020 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
Senate Mar 12, 2020 The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Baker; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Nishihara, Harimoto.
Senate Mar 9, 2020 The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-12-20 1:30PM in conference room 229.
Senate Mar 3, 2020 Referred to PSM, JDC.
Senate Feb 28, 2020 Passed First Reading.
Senate Feb 28, 2020 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 119).
House Feb 27, 2020 Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) DeCoite, Har, Matsumoto, Ward voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Eli, Kong, McDermott, Okimoto, Say, Tokioka voting no (6) and Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
House Feb 19, 2020 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with Representative(s) DeCoite, Har, Kong, Matsumoto, Okimoto, Tokioka, Ward voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) McDermott voting no (1) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1).
House Feb 19, 2020 Reported from JUD/PVM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 685-20) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
House Feb 6, 2020 The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Lowen, McKelvey, Nakashima, Perruso, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Say; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Creagan, Yamane, Thielen.
House Feb 6, 2020 The committees on PVM recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Gates, D. Kobayashi, Nishimoto, Ohno; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) McDermott; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kong.
House Feb 4, 2020 Bill re-scheduled as a proposed draft to be heard by JUD/PVM on Thursday, 02-06-20 2:05PM in House conference room 325.
House Feb 4, 2020 Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD/PVM on Thursday, 02-06-20 2:05PM in House conference room 325.
House Jan 31, 2020 Re-referred to JUD/PVM, referral sheet 13
House Jan 27, 2020 Referred to PVM, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 5
House Jan 23, 2020 Introduced and Pass First Reading.
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Amended Jun 29, 2020 state link bill text
Amended Jun 19, 2020 state link bill text
Amended May 18, 2020 state link bill text
Amended Feb 19, 2020 state link bill text
Amended Feb 4, 2020 state link bill text
Introduced Jan 24, 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
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
02/6/2020 9 0 0 3 Yes
  • Brower, Tom (D) Yea
  • Creagan, Richard (D) Absent
  • Lee, Chris (D) Yea
  • Lowen, Nicole (D) Yea
  • McKelvey, Angus (D) Yea
  • Nakashima, Mark (D) Yea
  • Perruso, Amy (D) Yea
  • San Buenaventura, Joy (D) Yea
  • Say, Calvin (D) Yea
  • Takayama, Gregg (D) Yea
  • Thielen, Cynthia (R) Absent
  • Yamane, Ryan (D) Absent
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
02/6/2020 5 1 0 1 Yes
  • Gates, Cedric (D) Yea
  • Kobayashi, Dale (D) Yea
  • Kong, Sam (D) Absent
  • McDermott, Bob (R) Nay
  • Nishimoto, Scott (D) Yea
  • Ohno, Takashi (D) Yea
  • Takayama, Gregg (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
03/12/2020 3 0 0 2 Yes
  • Baker, Rosalyn (D) Yea
  • Fevella, Kurt (R) Yea
  • Harimoto, Breene (D) Absent
  • Nishihara, Clarence (D) Absent
  • Wakai, Glenn (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
06/25/2020 4 1 0 0 Yes
  • Fevella, Kurt (R) Nay
  • Gabbard, Mike (D) Yea
  • Keohokalole, Jarrett (D) Yea
  • Kim, Donna (D) Yea
  • Rhoads, Karl (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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