republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2023-regular-session/hb-426.md

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Bill	RELATING TO FIREARMS.	Establishes standards of conduct for firearm industry members. Authorizes any person who has suffered harm because of a firearm industry member's violation of the standards of conduct to bring a civil action. Authorizes the attorney general or any county attorney or public prosecutor to bring a civil action against a firearm industry member for violation of standards of conduct. (HD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2023 Regular Session	HB 426	Hawaii HB 426 (2023 Regular Session)	bill	Firearm Industry Members Firearms Liability Right of Action Standards of Conduct	enacted	AMATO GANADEN KAPELA LOWEN MARTEN NAKASHIMA PERRUSO SAYAMA TAKAYAMA TAM TARNAS	2	24	3	2023-01-20	2023-04-27	openstates	ocd-bill/1c340e87-3bdd-40d4-8c8e-3692033eb874	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=426&year=2023	abfa1ad01a85d5ef40de332998311fc2c0d92a54b6a5ca533adab01b63ccdac5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 426 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO FIREARMS.

Establishes standards of conduct for firearm industry members. Authorizes any person who has suffered harm because of a firearm industry member's violation of the standards of conduct to bring a civil action. Authorizes the attorney general or any county attorney or public prosecutor to bring a civil action against a firearm industry member for violation of standards of conduct. (HD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB426 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB426_HD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 3–1 (pass) · upper
• The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 7–2 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 3–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• AMATO — primary (person)
• GANADEN — primary (person)
• KAPELA — primary (person)
• LOWEN — primary (person)
• MARTEN — primary (person)
• NAKASHIMA — primary (person)
• PERRUSO — primary (person)
• SAYAMA — primary (person)
• TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
• TAM — primary (person)
• TARNAS — primary (person)
• Kobayashi — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-04-27 Act 028, 04/26/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1129). became-law
• 2023-04-26 Act 028, on 04/26/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1129). became-law
• 2023-04-11 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2023-04-11 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 703).
• 2023-04-11 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 21; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) DeCoite. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, Fevella, Gabbard). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Keohokalole). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2023-04-06 One Day Notice 04-11-23.
• 2023-04-06 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1760) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
• 2023-03-30 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) Rhoads, Elefante, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 2 No(es): Senator(s) Gabbard, Awa; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-24 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-30-23 9:35AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
• 2023-03-21 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-21 Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1209) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC.
• 2023-03-17 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) Wakai, Elefante, Fukunaga; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) McKelvey. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-14 The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-23 3:02PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
• 2023-03-09 Referred to PSM, JDC. referral-committee
• 2023-03-03 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2023-03-03 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 47). introduction, receipt
• 2023-03-02 Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Aiu, Chun, Lamosao voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Kila, Kong, Matsumoto, Pierick, Quinlan, Souza, Ward voting no (9) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2023-02-22 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with Representative(s) Matsumoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Kong, Pierick, Quinlan, Souza, Ward voting no (6) and Representative(s) Tam excused (1).
• 2023-02-22 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 790) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2023-02-14 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Holt, Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Mizuno; Ayes with reservations: none; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Kong, Souza; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ganaden. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-10 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 02-14-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-01-25 Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1 referral-committee
• 2023-01-23 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-01-20 Pending introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1c340e87-3bdd-40d4-8c8e-3692033eb874. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).