Proposed Hawaii Firearm Legislation HB893
Legislation Overview
Title: Relating To Firearms.
Subject: Firearms: Assault Rifles: Assault Shotguns: .50 Caliber Rifles: Detachable Magazines: Prohibition
Description: Establishes prohibitions on assault rifles, assault shotguns, and .50 caliber rifles. Expands the ban on high-capacity detachable magazines. (HD1)
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Last Action: Referred to PSM/CPN, JDC.
Last Action Date: March 6, 2025
Sponsors
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12 sponsors: David Tarnas (D); Terez Amato (D); Andrew Garrett (D); Tina Grandinetti (D); Susan Keohokapu-Lee Loy (D); Matthias Kusch (D); Mike Lee (D); Nicole Lowen (D); Lisa Marten (D); Scot Matayoshi (D); Amy Perruso (D); Adrian Tam (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 24% (12 of 51)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Mar 6, 2025 | Referred to PSM/CPN, JDC. |
| Senate | Mar 6, 2025 | Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 300). |
| House | Mar 4, 2025 | Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Kila, Kong, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Reyes Oda, Shimizu, Souza voting no (9) and Representative(s) Kapela, Pierick, Ward excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. |
| House | Feb 27, 2025 | Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 828) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. |
| House | Feb 27, 2025 | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with Representative(s) Matsumoto, Reyes Oda, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Kong, Muraoka, Shimizu voting no (5) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). |
| House | Feb 6, 2025 | The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Cochran, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Shimizu; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Garcia. |
| House | Feb 3, 2025 | Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-06-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. |
| House | Jan 23, 2025 | Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
| House | Jan 23, 2025 | Referred to JHA, referral sheet 3 |
| House | Jan 21, 2025 | Pending introduction. |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Amended | Feb 26, 2025 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 21, 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
