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Bill RELATING TO FIREARMS. Provides that violent felons that are in violation of the prohibition against owning, possessing, or controlling a firearm or ammunition are subject to a mandatory prison term. (HD1) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2025 HB 137 Hawaii HB 137 (2025)
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EVSLIN
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LOWEN
MARTEN
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OLDS
QUINLAN
TAM
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Hawaii HB 137 (2025) — RELATING TO FIREARMS.

Provides that violent felons that are in violation of the prohibition against owning, possessing, or controlling a firearm or ammunition are subject to a mandatory prison term. (HD1)

Version chain

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

  1. HB137 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB137_HD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 70 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Third Reading. — 1510 (pass) · upper
  • The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 40 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • CHUN — primary (person)
  • EVSLIN — primary (person)
  • HOLT — primary (person)
  • KILA — primary (person)
  • KITAGAWA — primary (person)
  • KUSCH — primary (person)
  • LAMOSAO — primary (person)
  • LOWEN — primary (person)
  • MARTEN — primary (person)
  • MORIKAWA — primary (person)
  • OLDS — primary (person)
  • QUINLAN — primary (person)
  • TAM — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-04-11 Act 016, on 04/10/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1116). became-law
  • 2025-04-11 Act 016, 04/10/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1116). became-law
  • 2025-03-31 Transmitted to Governor.
  • 2025-03-31 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 408).
  • 2025-03-31 Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 15; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 10 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCoite, DeCorte, Fevella, Gabbard, Ihara, Kidani, McKelvey, Richards, San Buenaventura). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
  • 2025-03-28 One Day Notice 03-31-25.
  • 2025-03-28 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading. reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-03-28 Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1369) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
  • 2025-03-19 The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in PSM were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Wakai, Rhoads, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-14 The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
  • 2025-03-06 Re-Referred to PSM. referral-committee
  • 2025-03-06 Referred to PSM, JDC. referral-committee
  • 2025-03-06 Passed First Reading. reading-1
  • 2025-03-06 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 193). introduction, receipt
  • 2025-03-04 Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Reyes Oda voting no (1) and Representative(s) Kapela, Pierick, Ward excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2025-02-27 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4).
  • 2025-02-27 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 829) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
  • 2025-02-25 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Perruso, Takayama, Todd; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Kahaloa, Garcia, Shimizu. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-02-21 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 02-25-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2025-01-21 Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1 referral-committee
  • 2025-01-16 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
  • 2025-01-14 Prefiled.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2742c7b6-70f7-43e4-8587-7ba2a73e3c84. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).