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Proposed Hawaii Firearm Legislation SB1318

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Related To Firearms.

Subject: Open or Concealed Firearms: Firearms Insurance: Firearms Education and Training: Self-defense Insurance: License

Description: Requires the chiefs of police to adopt procedures to: require that any person granted a license to carry an open or concealed firearm be qualified to use the firearm in a safe manner by successful completion of a course of instruction and firearm qualification test; and require that any person who has been approved for a license to carry an open or concealed firearm, who is not employed as a security guard by an authorized security company, show proof of valid firearms or self-defense insurance prior to being issued the license.

Session: 2019 Regular Session

Last Action: Referred to PSM, JDC.

Last Action Date: January 28, 2019

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'.

1 sponsors: Clarence Nishihara (D);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 4% (1 of 25)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Jan 28, 2019 Referred to PSM, JDC.
Senate Jan 24, 2019 Introduced.
Senate Jan 24, 2019 Passed First Reading.
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced Jan 23, 2019 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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