republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2019-regular-session/sb-600.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO FIREARMS."
description: "Prohibits individuals who are less than 21 years of age from bringing or causing to be brought into the State any firearm. (SB600 HD2)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 600"
citation: "Hawaii SB 600 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms", "Registration", "Importation", "Age"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker", "K. Kahele", "NISHIHARA", "S. CHANG", "Wakai"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/792ab58c-e3fc-4442-97b4-63a5c2500882"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=600&year=2019"
source_hash: "35c45d3608818435095496999faa7a6370d8f9fadc7ecd0d44a620b4676c70f5"
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 SB 600 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO FIREARMS.

Prohibits individuals who are less than 21 years of age from bringing or causing to be brought into the State any firearm. (SB600 HD2)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB600** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB600_.HTM)
2. **SB600_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB600_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on PVM recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baker — primary (person)
- K. Kahele — primary (person)
- NISHIHARA — primary (person)
- S. CHANG — primary (person)
- Wakai — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2019-01-22** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-24** Referred to PSM, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 02-07-19 1:15PM in conference room 229.
- **2019-02-07** The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in PSM were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Nishihara, Wakai, Baker, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Harimoto ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-15** Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 430) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC.
- **2019-02-15** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC.
- **2019-02-15** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-22-19 9:00AM in conference room 016.
- **2019-02-22** 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, Wakai, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Gabbard; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 817) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-28** One Day Notice 03-01-19.
- **2019-03-01** Deferred until 03-05-19.
- **2019-03-05** Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 21; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) K. Kahele, Kidani. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Fevella, Gabbard, Riviere). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 197). `introduction`
- **2019-03-07** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to PVM, JUD, referral sheet 27 `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Bill scheduled to be heard by PVM on Friday, 03-15-19 10:00AM in House conference room 430.
- **2019-03-15** The committees on PVM recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Gates, D. Kobayashi, Nishimoto, Ohno; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Kong; 1 Noes: Representative(s) McDermott; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Reported from PVM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1430) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
- **2019-03-19** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with Representative(s) DeCoite, Har, Matsumoto, Okimoto, Tokioka voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) McDermott, Ward voting no (2) and Representative(s) Belatti, Quinlan, Yamane excused (3). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Monday, 03-25-19 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
- **2019-03-25** The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-27-19 2:00PM.
- **2019-03-25** Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 03-27-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
- **2019-03-27** The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Lowen, Morikawa, Takayama, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Say, Yamane; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Creagan, McKelvey. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1941) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-02** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Thursday, 04-04-19.
- **2019-04-04** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Aquino, Cullen, DeCoite, Har, Kong, Matsumoto, McDermott, Okimoto, Say, Tokioka, Ward, Yamane voting no (12) and Representative(s) Nishimoto, Quinlan excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 584). `introduction`
- **2019-04-05** Senate disagrees with House amendments.
- **2019-04-05** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 685).
- **2019-04-15** House Conferees Appointed: Takayama, C. Lee Co-Chairs; Thielen.
- **2019-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 809).
- **2019-04-17** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-05-19 in disagreeing to the House amendments.
- **2019-04-17** Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 04-18-19.
- **2019-04-17** One Day Notice 04-18-19.
- **2019-04-18** Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 21; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Kidani, Taniguchi . 4 No(es): Senator(s) Fevella, Gabbard, Harimoto, Riviere. 0 Excused: none.
- **2019-04-18** Received notice of reconsideration, Senate agreement, and Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 914).
- **2019-04-18** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-09** Act 257, on 07/05/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1359). `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-09** Act 257, 07/05/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1359). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/792ab58c-e3fc-4442-97b4-63a5c2500882`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).