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Proposed Hawaii Firearm Legislation HB2292

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Legislation Overview

Title: Relating To Electric Guns.

Subject: Electric Guns: Electric Projectile Guns: Permit: Registration

Description: Repeals the existing law that bans electric guns, and replaces it with a law that restricts the ownership, use, storage, and disposal of electric guns, regulates the sale, distribution, and transfer of electric guns, requires training and education on electric guns, prohibits certain individuals from the possession and use of electric guns, and prohibits the carrying or use of electric guns in the commission of crimes. Establishes permitting requirement to acquire electric projectile guns and registration requirements. (SD2)

Session: 2020 Regular Session

Last Action: Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 417).

Last Action Date: July 8, 2020

Companion Bill: SB2848

Sponsors

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1 sponsors: Scott Saiki (D);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 2% (1 of 51)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Jul 8, 2020 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 417).
House Jul 8, 2020 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
House Jul 6, 2020 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 594) in amended form (SD 2).
Senate Jul 6, 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 Jul 2, 2020 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3736) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
Senate Jul 2, 2020 48 Hrs. Notice 07-06-20.
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, Gabbard, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Fevella; and 0 Excused: none.
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 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
Senate May 19, 2020 Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3555) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral 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 Passed First Reading.
Senate Mar 3, 2020 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 202).
Senate Mar 3, 2020 Referred to PSM, JDC.
House Feb 28, 2020 Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Okimoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, DeCoite, Holt, Thielen excused (4). Transmitted to Senate.
House Feb 28, 2020 Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 925-20), recommending passage on Third Reading.
House Feb 25, 2020 The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Lowen, McKelvey, Perruso, Say, Takayama, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Creagan, Nakashima, Yamane.
House Feb 24, 2020 Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 02-25-20 2:30PM in conference room 325.
House Feb 24, 2020 The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-25-20 at 2:30pm.
House Feb 21, 2020 Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Monday, 02-24-20 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
House Feb 14, 2020 Reported from PVM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 524-20) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
House Feb 14, 2020 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with Representative(s) Okimoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt, Takayama excused (2).
House Feb 12, 2020 The committees on PVM recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Gates, Kong, Nishimoto, Ohno, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) D. Kobayashi; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
House Feb 5, 2020 Bill scheduled to be heard by PVM on Wednesday, 02-12-20 10:00AM in House conference room 430.
House Jan 27, 2020 Referred to PVM, JUD, referral sheet 5
House Jan 23, 2020 Introduced and Pass First Reading.
House Jan 21, 2020 Pending introduction.
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Amended Jul 1, 2020 state link bill text
Amended Jun 19, 2020 state link bill text
Amended May 18, 2020 state link bill text
Amended Feb 13, 2020 state link bill text
Introduced Jan 23, 2006 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
02/12/2020 7 0 0 0 Yes
  • Gates, Cedric (D) Yea
  • Kobayashi, Dale (D) Yea
  • Kong, Sam (D) Yea
  • McDermott, Bob (R) Yea
  • Nishimoto, Scott (D) Yea
  • Ohno, Takashi (D) Yea
  • Takayama, Gregg (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
02/25/2020 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) Absent
  • Perruso, Amy (D) Yea
  • San Buenaventura, Joy (D) Yea
  • Say, Calvin (D) Yea
  • Takayama, Gregg (D) Yea
  • Thielen, Cynthia (R) Yea
  • Yamane, Ryan (D) Absent
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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