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type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO FIREARMS."
description: "Requires firearm owners to report lost, stolen, or destroyed firearms. (HB720 HD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 720"
citation: "Hawaii HB 720 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearm", "Reporting", "Lost", "Stolen", "or Destroyed Firearms", "License"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. LEE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65e26c2d-0be5-405c-a69f-e6f427bac094"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=720&year=2019"
source_hash: "3e5c312a22e6c2dd2a8a9c831e88ffbf1e2224244cc75af9761b57c0e15c896b"
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 720 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO FIREARMS.
Requires firearm owners to report lost, stolen, or destroyed firearms. (HB720 HD1)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB720** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB720_.HTM)
## Votes
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **30** (pass) · upper
- The committees on PVM recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **70** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **30** (pass) · upper
- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **81** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- C. LEE — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-18** Pending introduction.
- **2019-01-22** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-24** Referred to PVM, JUD, referral sheet 5 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** Bill scheduled to be heard by PVM on Wednesday, 02-13-19 10:00AM in House conference room 430.
- **2019-02-13** The committees on PVM recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Gates, D. Kobayashi, Nishimoto, Ohno; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Kong, McDermott; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-15** Reported from PVM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 521) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
- **2019-02-15** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with Representative(s) McDermott, Okimoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aquino, DeCoite, Nakamura, Quinlan, Thielen excused (5). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Tuesday, 02-19-19 2:05PM in House conference room 325.
- **2019-02-19** The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-20-19.
- **2019-02-19** Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 02-20-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
- **2019-02-20** The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Creagan, Lowen, Takayama, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Morikawa; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Say; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) McKelvey, Yamane. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 888), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-28** Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Okimoto, Quinlan, Ward voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Har, Kong, McDermott, Say voting no (4) and Representative(s) DeCoite excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 72). `introduction`
- **2019-03-01** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** Referred to PSM, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15** The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-19 1:35PM in conference room 229.
- **2019-03-19** 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) Nishihara, Wakai, Baker; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Harimoto, Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1383) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC.
- **2019-03-22** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC.
- **2019-03-22** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-28-19 9:45AM in conference room 016.
- **2019-03-28** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, Gabbard, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Wakai, Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1856) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-04** One Day Notice 04-05-19.
- **2019-04-05** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Fevella). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 661).
- **2019-04-05** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2019-04-24** Act 023, on 04/24/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1124). `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-24** Act 023, 04/24/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1124). `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65e26c2d-0be5-405c-a69f-e6f427bac094`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).