Proposed Hawaii Firearm Legislation HB2061
Legislation Overview
Title: Relating To Firearms.
Subject: Hawaii State Association of Counties Package: Firearms: Buyback: Appropriation ($): DLE
Description: Appropriates funds to the Department of Law Enforcement to support the State's Gun Buyback Program, including at least two gun buyback events in each county. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Session: 2026 Regular Session
Last Action: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Alcos, Kila, Matsumoto, Reyes Oda, Shimizu, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Gedeon, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (4) and none excused (0).
Last Action Date: February 12, 2026
Companion Bill: SB2503
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Nadine Nakamura (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 2% (1 of 51)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 12, 2026 | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Alcos, Kila, Matsumoto, Reyes Oda, Shimizu, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Gedeon, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (4) and none excused (0). |
| House | Feb 12, 2026 | Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 229-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN. |
| House | Feb 5, 2026 | The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Cochran, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem. |
| House | Feb 3, 2026 | Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-05-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. |
| House | Jan 28, 2026 | Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 3 |
| House | Jan 26, 2026 | Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
| House | Jan 23, 2026 | Pending introduction. |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Amended | Feb 11, 2026 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 24, 2026 | 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
