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type: "Bill"
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title: "RELATING TO FIREARMS."
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description: "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)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
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legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
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session: "2023 Regular Session"
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identifier: "HB 426"
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citation: "Hawaii HB 426 (2023 Regular Session)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Firearm Industry Members", "Firearms", "Liability", "Right of Action", "Standards of Conduct"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["AMATO", "GANADEN", "KAPELA", "LOWEN", "MARTEN", "NAKASHIMA", "PERRUSO", "SAYAMA", "TAKAYAMA", "TAM", "TARNAS"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-01-20"
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last_action: "2023-04-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c340e87-3bdd-40d4-8c8e-3692033eb874"
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source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=426&year=2023"
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source_hash: "abfa1ad01a85d5ef40de332998311fc2c0d92a54b6a5ca533adab01b63ccdac5"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
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---
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# Hawaii HB 426 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO FIREARMS.
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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)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB426** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB426_.HTM)
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2. **HB426_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB426_HD1_.HTM)
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## Votes
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- The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **3–1** (pass) · upper
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- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–2** (pass) · lower
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- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **3–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- AMATO — primary (person)
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- GANADEN — primary (person)
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- KAPELA — primary (person)
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- LOWEN — primary (person)
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- MARTEN — primary (person)
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- NAKASHIMA — primary (person)
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- PERRUSO — primary (person)
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- SAYAMA — primary (person)
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- TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
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- TAM — primary (person)
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- TARNAS — primary (person)
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- Kobayashi — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-04-27** Act 028, 04/26/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1129). `became-law`
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- **2023-04-26** Act 028, on 04/26/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1129). `became-law`
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- **2023-04-11** Transmitted to Governor.
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- **2023-04-11** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 703).
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- **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`
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- **2023-04-06** One Day Notice 04-11-23.
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- **2023-04-06** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1760) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
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- **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`
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- **2023-03-24** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-30-23 9:35AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
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- **2023-03-21** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-21** Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1209) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC.
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- **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`
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- **2023-03-14** The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-23 3:02PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
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- **2023-03-09** Referred to PSM, JDC. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-03** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-03** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 47). `introduction, receipt`
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- **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`
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- **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).
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- **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.
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- **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`
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- **2023-02-10** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 02-14-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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- **2023-01-25** Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1 `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-23** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-01-20** Pending introduction.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c340e87-3bdd-40d4-8c8e-3692033eb874`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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