HB 125 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO FIREARMS.

Summary

Requires retail sellers or transferers of firearms to provide purchasers with notice regarding the law on firearms storage. Expands the requirements for the secure storage of firearms. Clarifies the offense of criminally negligent storage of a firearm. (HD1)

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

Apr 2025

Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Signed Apr 23, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB125 → HB125_HD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to expand its scope and strengthen enforcement provisions. The most significant change is expanding the requirement for firearm dealers to provide storage notices to purchasers during both sales and transfers, not just sales. The bill also reorganized the statute to clarify that criminally negligent storage is a misdemeanor and added a civil liability provision for damages when stored firearms are used to injure persons or property within two years.

Scope change

The bill now applies to both retail sales and transfers of firearms, whereas it previously only applied to retail sales.

REQUIREMENT

Expanded the obligation for firearm dealers to provide written storage notices to purchasers at the time of both sales and transfers, not just sales.

Reordered the storage options in the statute to list carrying the firearm as option three, with the other two options being locked containers or secure locations.

ENFORCEMENT

Added a new subsection establishing civil liability for damages if a stored firearm is used to injure a person or property within two years of the violation.

Reorganized the criminally negligent storage offense to clearly list three conditions that must all be met for a violation to occur, and explicitly defined it as a misdemeanor.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 8, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella, McKelvey, Richards. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

upper

Apr 1, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Apr 1, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in CPN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, Richards; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) McKelvey ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Mar 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on CPN/JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-01-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 21, 2025

Committee

Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1227) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to CPN/JDC.

upper

Mar 19, 2025

Upper · Passed

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) Elefante, Wakai, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga.

upper

Mar 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to PSM, CPN/JDC.

upper

Mar 6, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 188).

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Kong, Matsumoto, Muraoka voting no (5) and Representative(s) Kapela, Pierick, Ward excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Cochran, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Garcia.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 14, 2025

Introduced

Prefiled.

lower

14 primary · 0 co-sponsors