---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO FIREARMS REPORTING."
description: "Amends the annual reporting requirements imposed on the Department of the Attorney General and the chief of police of each county regarding licenses to carry firearms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 995"
citation: "Hawaii HB 995 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATG", "Firearms", "Reporting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["NAKAMURA"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4f09459-1ddc-4ae8-9813-3244b6e9c951"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=995&year=2025"
source_hash: "bea3dc7b7e23231ca9aeb5cb0ff9b71d4716a3a2d179f4d1e1826371ab2c2a94"
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 995 (2025) — RELATING TO FIREARMS REPORTING.

Amends the annual reporting requirements imposed on the Department of the Attorney General and the chief of police of each county regarding licenses to carry firearms.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB995** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB995_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. — **23–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- NAKAMURA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-23** Act 023, on 04/22/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1123). `became-law`
- **2025-04-23** Act 023, 04/22/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1123). `became-law`
- **2025-04-08** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2025-04-08** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 592).
- **2025-04-08** Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2025-04-04** One Day Notice 04-08-25.
- **2025-04-04** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1676) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2025-03-27** 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. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-27-25 10:40AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2025-03-21** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-25-25 10:01AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2025-03-21** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1228) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC.
- **2025-03-19** 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. `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.
- **2025-03-04** Referred to PSM, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-04** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 135). `introduction, receipt`
- **2025-02-28** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2025-02-27** Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4).
- **2025-02-27** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 801), recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2025-02-19** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-14** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-19-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-01-23** Referred to JHA, referral sheet 3 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-01-21** Pending introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4f09459-1ddc-4ae8-9813-3244b6e9c951`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).