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Proposed Hawaii Firearm Legislation HB426

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Relating To Firearms.

Subject: Firearms: Firearm Industry Members: Standards of Conduct: Liability: Right of Action

Description: Establishes standards of conduct for firearm industry members. Authorizes any person who has suffered harm because of a firearm industry member's violation of the standards of conduct to bring a civil action. Authorizes the attorney general or any county attorney or public prosecutor to bring a civil action against a firearm industry member for violation of standards of conduct. (HD1)

Session: 2023 Regular Session

Last Action: Act 028, 04/26/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1129).

Last Action Date: April 27, 2023

Companion Bill: SB980

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'.

12 sponsors: David Tarnas (D); Terez Amato (D); Ernesto Ganaden (D); Jeanne Kapela (D); Nicole Lowen (D); Lisa Marten (D); Mark Nakashima (D); Amy Perruso (D); Jackson Sayama (D); Gregg Takayama (D); Adrian Tam (D); Bertrand Kobayashi (D);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 24% (12 of 51)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Apr 27, 2023 Act 028, 04/26/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1129).
House Apr 26, 2023 Act 028, on 04/26/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1129).
House Apr 11, 2023 Transmitted to Governor.
House Apr 11, 2023 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 703).
Senate Apr 11, 2023 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 21; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) DeCoite. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, Fevella, Gabbard). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Keohokalole). Transmitted to House.
Senate Apr 6, 2023 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1760) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
Senate Apr 6, 2023 One Day Notice 04-11-23.
Senate Mar 30, 2023 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Elefante, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 2 No(es): Senator(s) Gabbard, Awa; and 0 Excused: none.
Senate Mar 24, 2023 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-30-23 9:35AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
Senate Mar 21, 2023 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC.
Senate Mar 21, 2023 Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1209) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC.
Senate Mar 17, 2023 The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in PSM were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Elefante, Fukunaga; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) McKelvey.
Senate Mar 14, 2023 The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-23 3:02PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
Senate Mar 9, 2023 Referred to PSM, JDC.
Senate Mar 3, 2023 Passed First Reading.
Senate Mar 3, 2023 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 47).
House Mar 2, 2023 Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Aiu, Chun, Lamosao voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Kila, Kong, Matsumoto, Pierick, Quinlan, Souza, Ward voting no (9) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.
House Feb 22, 2023 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 790) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
House Feb 22, 2023 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with Representative(s) Matsumoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Kong, Pierick, Quinlan, Souza, Ward voting no (6) and Representative(s) Tam excused (1).
House Feb 14, 2023 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Holt, Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Mizuno; Ayes with reservations: none; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Kong, Souza; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ganaden.
House Feb 10, 2023 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 02-14-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
House Jan 25, 2023 Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1
House Jan 23, 2023 Introduced and Pass First Reading.
House Jan 20, 2023 Pending introduction.
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Amended Feb 21, 2023 state link bill text
Introduced Jan 20, 2023 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
03/17/2023 3 1 0 1 Yes
  • Awa, Brenton (R) Nay
  • Elefante, Brandon (D) Yea
  • Fukunaga, Carol (D) Yea
  • McKelvey, Angus (D) Absent
  • Wakai, Glenn (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
03/30/2023 3 2 0 0 Yes
  • Awa, Brenton (R) Nay
  • Elefante, Brandon (D) Yea
  • Gabbard, Mike (D) Nay
  • Rhoads, Karl (D) Yea
  • San Buenaventura, Joy (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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