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Bill	RELATING TO ELECTRIC GUNS.	Authorizes law enforcement officers of the Department of Transportation to use electric guns while performing their duties. Requires law enforcement officers of DOT to be accredited by June 30, 2024, for the use of electric guns. (SD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2019 Regular Session	HB 1176	Hawaii HB 1176 (2019 Regular Session)	bill	Electric Guns Law Enforcement Department of Transportation	enacted	San Buenaventura TAKAYAMA TAKUMI	2	50	7	2019-01-23	2019-07-05	openstates	ocd-bill/b92bc419-cd72-4f9c-b538-39c21ec8a939	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1176&year=2019	f33b24f9ed587dfbfeffb192d2a1ccccdffb4fb53a2254bd4f1c24c2308c0ed9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 1176 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO ELECTRIC GUNS.

Authorizes law enforcement officers of the Department of Transportation to use electric guns while performing their duties. Requires law enforcement officers of DOT to be accredited by June 30, 2024, for the use of electric guns. (SD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB1176 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1176_HD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on PVM recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on TRS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 3–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• San Buenaventura — primary (person)
• TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
• TAKUMI — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-23 Pending introduction.
• 2019-01-24 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2019-01-28 Referred to PVM/TRN, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 6 referral-committee
• 2019-01-29 Bill scheduled to be heard by PVM/TRN on Friday, 02-01-19 11:15AM in House conference room 430.
• 2019-01-30 Bill re-scheduled to be heard by PVM/TRN on Friday 02-01-19 11:15AM in conference room 423.
• 2019-02-01 The committees on PVM recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Gates, D. Kobayashi, Kong, Nishimoto, Ohno; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-01 The committees on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Aquino, Hashimoto, Brower, Cullen, Hashem, Matayoshi, Woodson; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-06 Reported from PVM/TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 70), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
• 2019-02-06 Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Nakamura, Thielen excused (2). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2019-02-11 Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Wednesday, 02-13-19 3:00PM in House conference room 325.
• 2019-02-13 The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-14-19.
• 2019-02-13 Bill scheduled for decision making on Thursday, 02-14-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
• 2019-02-14 The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Creagan, Lowen, Morikawa, Say, Takayama, Yamane, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) McKelvey; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-15 Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 744) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to FIN.
• 2019-02-15 Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aquino, DeCoite, Nakamura, Quinlan, Thielen excused (5).
• 2019-02-22 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-26-19 1:30PM in House conference room 308.
• 2019-02-26 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Nishimoto. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-01 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1126), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2019-03-01 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2019-03-05 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 265). introduction
• 2019-03-05 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2019-03-05 Referred to TRS, JDC/WAM. referral-committee
• 2019-03-08 The committee(s) on TRS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-13-19 1:00PM in conference room 225.
• 2019-03-13 The committee(s) on TRS deferred the measure until 03-20-19 1:15PM in conference room 225.
• 2019-03-20 The committee(s) on TRS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in TRS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Shimabukuro, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Harimoto, English. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-22 Reported from TRS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1437) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC/WAM.
• 2019-03-22 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC/WAM.
• 2019-03-29 The committee(s) on JDC/WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-03-19 10:00AM in conference room 211.
• 2019-04-03 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, Wakai, Gabbard, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-03 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) English, Harimoto, K. Kahele. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-05 Reported from JDC/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1938) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
• 2019-04-05 48 Hrs. Notice 04-09-19.
• 2019-04-09 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2019-04-09 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 832) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2019-04-11 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
• 2019-04-12 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 804).
• 2019-04-15 House Conferees Appointed: Takayama, Aquino, C. Lee, Gates Co-Chairs; Kong, McDermott.
• 2019-04-15 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 808).
• 2019-04-18 Senate Conferees Appointed: Inouye Chair; K. Rhoads, K. Kahele Co-Chairs; Kim, Fevella.
• 2019-04-18 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 917).
• 2019-04-26 House Conferee(s) discharged.
• 2019-04-26 Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 874).
• 2019-04-26 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-11-19.
• 2019-04-30 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 880).
• 2019-04-30 House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
• 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
• 2019-05-02 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 882).
• 2019-05-01 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2019-07-05 Act 187, on 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1289). executive-signature
• 2019-07-05 Act 187, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1289). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b92bc419-cd72-4f9c-b538-39c21ec8a939. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).