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Proposed Hawaii Firearm Legislation HB257

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Legislation Overview

Title: Relating To Firearms.

Subject: Criminal History Record Checks: Police: Permits to Acquire Firearms: Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center: Database Management

Description: Withdraws Hawaii from the rap back system of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Repeals authorization of county police departments to enroll firearms applicants and individuals who are registering their firearms into a criminal record monitoring service used to alert police when an owner of a firearm is arrested for a criminal offense anywhere in the country. Repeals the authority of the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center to access firearm registration.

Session: 2021 Regular Session

Last Action: Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 1

Last Action Date: January 27, 2021

Sponsors

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1 sponsors: Linda Ichiyama (D);

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

History
Chamber Date Action
House Jan 27, 2021 Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 1
House Jan 22, 2021 Introduced and Pass First Reading.
House Jan 21, 2021 Pending introduction.
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced Jan 21, 2021 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

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