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type: "Bill"
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title: "RELATING TO FIREARMS."
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description: "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)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
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legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 137"
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citation: "Hawaii HB 137 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Firearms", "Ownership", "Possession", "Prohibition", "or Control"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["CHUN", "EVSLIN", "HOLT", "KILA", "KITAGAWA", "KUSCH", "LAMOSAO", "LOWEN", "MARTEN", "MORIKAWA", "OLDS", "QUINLAN", "TAM"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-14"
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last_action: "2025-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2742c7b6-70f7-43e4-8587-7ba2a73e3c84"
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source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=137&year=2025"
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source_hash: "2b4f04336d25e40f35344d2e602c5524101047189beebdab3539df770cb06bb2"
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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 137 (2025) — RELATING TO FIREARMS.
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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)
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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. **HB137** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB137_.HTM)
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2. **HB137_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB137_HD1_.HTM)
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## Votes
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- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Third Reading. — **15–10** (pass) · upper
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- The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- CHUN — primary (person)
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- EVSLIN — primary (person)
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- HOLT — primary (person)
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- KILA — primary (person)
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- KITAGAWA — primary (person)
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- KUSCH — primary (person)
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- LAMOSAO — primary (person)
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- LOWEN — primary (person)
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- MARTEN — primary (person)
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- MORIKAWA — primary (person)
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- OLDS — primary (person)
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- QUINLAN — primary (person)
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- TAM — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-04-11** Act 016, on 04/10/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1116). `became-law`
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- **2025-04-11** Act 016, 04/10/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1116). `became-law`
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- **2025-03-31** Transmitted to Governor.
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- **2025-03-31** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 408).
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- **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`
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- **2025-03-28** One Day Notice 03-31-25.
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- **2025-03-28** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading. `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **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.
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- **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`
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- **2025-03-14** The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
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- **2025-03-06** Re-Referred to PSM. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-06** Referred to PSM, JDC. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-06** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-06** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 193). `introduction, receipt`
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- **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`
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- **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).
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- **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.
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- **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`
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- **2025-02-21** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 02-25-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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- **2025-01-21** Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1 `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-16** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-01-14** Prefiled.
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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/2742c7b6-70f7-43e4-8587-7ba2a73e3c84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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