---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO FIREARMS."
description: "Prohibits the possession, transfer, and sale of ghost guns. Establishes mandatory minimum sentencing for use of a ghost gun in the commission of a felony. (HD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 392"
citation: "Hawaii HB 392 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses", "Firearms", "Ghost Guns", "Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["NAKAMURA"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9919ba0e-a605-498a-8111-9170b6aac4b6"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=392&year=2025"
source_hash: "1bd73213f2057b5ade9d07c41a1559be5756ceb1e2ae960d2e710a386ecfe986"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
---

# Hawaii HB 392 (2025) — RELATING TO FIREARMS.

Prohibits the possession, transfer, and sale of ghost guns. Establishes mandatory minimum sentencing for use of a ghost gun in the commission of a felony. (HD1)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB392** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB392_.HTM)
2. **HB392_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB392_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- Passed Third Reading. — **22–3** (pass) · upper
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- NAKAMURA — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-04-11** Act 018, on 04/10/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1118). `became-law`
- **2025-04-11** Act 018, 04/10/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1118). `became-law`
- **2025-03-31** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2025-03-31** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 409).
- **2025-03-31** Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, Fevella, Gabbard). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2025-03-28** One Day Notice 03-31-25.
- **2025-03-28** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1370) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2025-03-19** The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in PSM were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Wakai, Rhoads, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
- **2025-03-06** Re-Referred to PSM. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Referred to PSM, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 224). `introduction, receipt`
- **2025-03-04** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Kong, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Shimizu voting no (6) and Representative(s) Kapela, Pierick, Ward excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2025-02-27** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with Representative(s) Matsumoto, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Kong, Shimizu voting no (4) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4).
- **2025-02-27** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 827) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2025-02-06** 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, Perruso, Takayama, Todd; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Shimizu; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem, Garcia. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-03** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-06-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-01-21** Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-01-16** Pending introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9919ba0e-a605-498a-8111-9170b6aac4b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).