Proposed Hawaii Firearm Legislation HB126
Legislation Overview
Title: Relating To Property Forfeiture.
Description: Increases transparency and accountability surrounding property forfeiture. Clarifies which property is subject to forfeiture. Amends the authorized disposition of forfeited property and the proceeds thereof. Repeals language that requires the Hawaii Omnibus Criminal Forfeiture Act to be construed liberally. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Last Action: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3).
Last Action Date: February 13, 2025
Sponsors
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12 sponsors: David Tarnas (D); Terez Amato (D); Della au Belatti (D); Tina Grandinetti (D); Kim Iwamoto (D); Lisa Kitagawa (D); Rachele Fernandez Lamosao (D); Lisa Marten (D); Amy Perruso (D); Mahina Poepoe (D); Kanani Souza (R); Gregg Takayama (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 24% (12 of 51)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 13, 2025 | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). |
| House | Feb 13, 2025 | Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 618) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN. |
| House | Feb 5, 2025 | The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia, Shimizu; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. |
| House | Jan 31, 2025 | Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-05-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. |
| House | Jan 21, 2025 | Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 1 |
| House | Jan 16, 2025 | Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
| House | Jan 14, 2025 | Prefiled. |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Amended | Feb 13, 2025 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 14, 2025 | 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
