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Proposed Hawaii Firearm Legislation SB621

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Relating To Firearms.

Subject: Firearms: Reporting Requirements: Penalties: Rap Back: Fees

Description: Requires a person to report the person's lost, stolen, or destroyed firearms to the appropriate county police department. Establishes penalties for failure to report. Requires suspension of any fee related to the Rap Back system until the Rap Back system, a criminal record monitoring service, is fully implemented. (SB621 HD1)

Session: 2020 Regular Session

Last Action: Carried over to 2020 Regular Session.

Last Action Date: December 1, 2019

Sponsors

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1 sponsors: Clarence Nishihara (D);

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

History
Chamber Date Action
Dec 1, 2019 Carried over to 2020 Regular Session.
House Mar 21, 2019 Reported from PVM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1558) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
House Mar 21, 2019 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) DeCoite, Har, Kong, McDermott, Okimoto, Quinlan, Ward voting no (7) and Representative(s) Belatti, Cabanilla Arakawa, Holt, Tokioka, Yamane excused (5).
House Mar 15, 2019 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; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Kong, McDermott; and 0 Excused: none.
House Mar 13, 2019 Bill scheduled to be heard by PVM on Friday, 03-15-19 10:00AM in House conference room 430.
House Mar 7, 2019 Referred to PVM, JUD, referral sheet 27
House Mar 7, 2019 Pass First Reading
Senate Mar 5, 2019 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Kidani. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Fevella). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House.
House Mar 5, 2019 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 199) in amended form (SD 1).
Senate Mar 1, 2019 One Day Notice 03-05-19.
Senate Mar 1, 2019 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1020) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
Senate Feb 22, 2019 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, Gabbard, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Wakai ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.
Senate Feb 15, 2019 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-22-19 9:00AM in conference room 016.
Senate Feb 15, 2019 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
Senate Feb 15, 2019 Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 431) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
Senate Feb 7, 2019 The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Nishihara, Wakai, Baker, Harimoto, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
Senate Feb 1, 2019 The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 02-07-19 1:15PM in conference room 229.
Senate Jan 24, 2019 Referred to PSM, JDC.
Senate Jan 22, 2019 Passed First Reading.
Senate Jan 18, 2019 Introduced.
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Amended Feb 14, 2019 state link bill text
Amended Mar 20, 2019 state link bill text
Introduced Jan 19, 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
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
02/7/2019 5 0 0 0 Yes
  • Baker, Rosalyn (D) Yea
  • Fevella, Kurt (R) Yea
  • Harimoto, Breene (D) Yea
  • Nishihara, Clarence (D) Yea
  • Wakai, Glenn (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
02/22/2019 4 0 0 1 Yes
  • Fevella, Kurt (R) Absent
  • Gabbard, Mike (D) Yea
  • Kim, Donna (D) Yea
  • Rhoads, Karl (D) Yea
  • Wakai, Glenn (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
03/15/2019 5 2 0 0 Yes
  • Gates, Cedric (D) Yea
  • Kobayashi, Dale (D) Yea
  • Kong, Sam (D) Nay
  • McDermott, Bob (R) Nay
  • Nishimoto, Scott (D) Yea
  • Ohno, Takashi (D) Yea
  • Takayama, Gregg (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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