Hawaii: Senate Judiciary Hearing Pistol Permitting & Registration Bill

from NRA-ILA, MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2022

Tomorrow, the Senate Committee on Judiciary will hear House Bill 2075HD1, to make changes to Hawaii’s pistol permitting and registration system in an effort to comply with the recent Yukutake v. Connors court case decision. The House previously passed HB 2075 on March 8th.

The hearing will also be available by video conference. For information on viewing the hearing or participating in it, click here. If you wish to submit testimony on HB 2075, you may do so here through the Hawaii Legislative website. For help creating an account and submitting testimony, click here.

House Bill 2075 extends the time period in which an approved pistol permit may be used to make an acquisition from the current ten-days, to 30-days. In addition, it eliminates the requirement that authorities physically examine firearms upon registration for transfers by licensed dealers. Registrations of previously unserialized firearms, private transfers, and firearms brought in from out-of-state are still subject to inspection. This legislation falls short of the court decision and places unnecessary burdens on Hawaii's law-abiding gun owners.