Firearms

State (Virginia)
Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Firearm in unattended motor vehicle; civil penalty. [HB-1462] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ]
Firearm in unattended motor vehicle; civil penalty. Provides that no person shall leave, place, or store a handgun in an unattended motor vehicle, as defined in the bill, when such handgun is visible to any person who is outside such motor vehicle. The bill provides that any person violating such prohibition is subject to a civil penalty of no more than $500 and such unattended motor vehicle may be subject to removal for safekeeping.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nadarius Clark House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Firearms. [HB-1747] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Mandates that any qualified applicant shall be granted a license to carry a pistol or revolver and ammunition unconcealed on the applicant's person.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Elijah Pierick Referred To Jha, Referral Sheet 1 on 01/24/2024

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Firearms. [SB-2346] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Crime ] [Budget and Spending ] [Public Safety ]
Requires the Department of Law Enforcement to conduct a voluntary firearm buyback program in each county of the State. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation. Takes effect 1/1/2042. (SD1)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura Reported From Psm (stand. Com. Rep. No. 2110) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Wam. on 01/31/2024

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Firearms. [HB-1810] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Children and Youth ] [Law Enforcement ]
Prohibits a person from selling ammunition to a person under the age of twenty-one. Prohibits a person under the age of twenty-one from owning, possessing, or controlling ammunition.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hashem Referred To Jha, Referral Sheet 1 on 01/24/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Gun violence; JLARC to study effects on communities. [HJR-76] [Crime ] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Health ]
Study; JLARC; effects of gun violence on communities; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to conduct a two-year study of the social, physical, emotional, and economic effects of gun violence on communities across the Commonwealth.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Marcia Price Bill Text As Passed House And Senate (hj76er) on 03/05/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Firearms; valid permit to purchase, penalties. [HB-1424] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Firearm purchases; permit to purchase a firearm required; penalties. Requires Firearm purchases; permit to purchase a firearm required; penalties. Requires any person purchasing a firearm from a firearms dealer to present a valid permit issued by the Department of State Police that allows the holder to purchase a firearm. The bill prohibits a firearms dealer from selling, renting, trading, or transferring from his inventory any firearm to any person until he has received such permit. The bill sets forth the procedures to apply for the permit and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Hope Continued To 2025 In Public Safety By Voice Vote on 02/02/2024

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Firearms. [HB-428] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ]
Prohibits the public carry of firearms in sensitive places and upon private business establishment or charitable establishment premises, except under certain circumstances.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Firearms. [SB-882] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Increases the minimum classroom instruction time for state certified or National Rifle Association certified firearm safety courses from four to fourteen hours. Requires firearm safety courses to include additional subject matter. Requires applicants for a license to carry a concealed firearm to pass a written test, participate in an in person interview, and provide information to demonstrate that the applicant is of good moral character and sufficient mental competence.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Firearms. [SB-978] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Includes any firearm or rifle with the capacity to fire ammunition of fifty caliber or higher, excluding antique pistols and revolvers, and muzzleloaders in the list of prohibited weapons.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Firearms. [HB-331] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Law Enforcement ]
Establishes the offense of possession of a loaded firearm while intoxicated as a petty misdemeanor.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gene Ward Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Firearms. [SB-558] [Firearms/Gun Control ]
Relating To Firearms. Short form bill.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dru Kanuha Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Firearms. [SB-416] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Amends the requirements for licenses to carry firearms concealed or unconcealed. Requires possession and display of a valid license when publicly carrying firearms.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Karl Rhoads Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Firearms. [HB-427] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Amends the requirements for licenses to carry firearms concealed or unconcealed. Requires possession and display of a valid license when publicly carrying firearms.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Firearms. [HB-1306] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Authorizes county police departments to issue a person a license to carry a handgun in all counties of the State. Extends the expiration date of a license from 1 year to 5 years. Repeals "proper cause" requirements invalidated by the United States Supreme Court in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S.Ct. 2111 (2022).

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Kong Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Weapon Safety. [SB-1542] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Specifies sensitive locations in which the carrying of firearms is restricted or prohibited. Authorizes, in certain circumstances, the carrying of firearms on private property. Specifies areas in which the carrying or possession of electric guns is restricted or prohibited. Imposes certain firearm storage requirements for individuals licensed to carry firearms. Requires the Department of the Attorney General to submit to the Legislature, over a 4-year period, semi-annual reports on the public carrying of firearms.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Firearms. [HB-984] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Healthcare ]
Prohibits firearms in certain locations and premises and provides for enhanced sentencing. Requires possession and disclosure of a license to carry. Prohibits leaving an unsecured firearm in a vehicle unattended. Prohibits consuming or being under the influence of alcohol, an intoxicating liquor, or a controlled substance when carrying a firearm. Prohibits carrying or possessing firearms on certain private property open to the public without express authorization. Requires annual reports from the Department of the Attorney General on carry licenses. (continued...)

Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Saiki Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Firearms. [HB-912] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Prohibits a person from lending a firearm to a person who does not have a firearm permit or does not have a registered firearm. Requires an adult who is borrowing a firearm to have either a firearm permit or a registered firearm, and not be prohibited to own or possess a firearm. Specifies that an adult who is twenty-one years of age or older may be lent a rifle or shotgun for a period not to exceed twelve hours. Repeals the authorization to use a rifle or shotgun outside of the State for up to seventy-five days. Repeals the authorization to lend (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nicole Lowen Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To The Public Carrying Of Firearms. [SB-621] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Provides that Hawaii is a "constitutional carry" state. Repeals the licensing procedure set forth in section 134-9, HRS, under which county police chiefs have the discretion to decide whether an applicant may receive a license to carry, concealed or unconcealed, a pistol or revolver and ammunition therefor. Authorizes a person who is a United States citizen aged 21 or older to carry, concealed or unconcealed, a firearm and ammunition therefor without any requirement to demonstrate a special need for self-defense, provided that certain other conditions (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Kurt Fevella Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Firearms. [SB-121] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Prohibits the carrying of a firearm in sensitive places. Defines sensitive places. Establishes penalties.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Karl Rhoads Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Firearms. [SB-49] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Law Enforcement ]
Establishes the offense of possession of a loaded firearm while intoxicated as a petty misdemeanor.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Karl Rhoads Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023

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