Bill Text: HI HB2232 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Firearms.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-06 - The committee(s) on PVM/JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. [HB2232 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-HB2232-Introduced.html
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 134-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§134-7 Ownership or possession prohibited, when; penalty. (a) No person who is a fugitive from justice or is a person prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition under federal law shall own, possess, or control any firearm or ammunition therefor.
(b) No person who is under indictment for, or has waived indictment for, or has been bound over to the circuit court for, or has been convicted in this State or elsewhere of having committed a felony, or any crime of violence, or an illegal sale of any drug shall own, possess, or control any firearm or ammunition therefor.
(c) No person who:
(1) Is or has been under treatment or counseling for addiction to, abuse of, or dependence upon any dangerous, harmful, or detrimental drug, intoxicating compound as defined in section 712-1240, or intoxicating liquor;
(2) Has been acquitted of a crime on the grounds of mental disease, disorder, or defect pursuant to section 704‑411; or
(3) Is or has been diagnosed as having a significant behavioral, emotional, or mental disorders as defined by the most current diagnostic manual of the American Psychiatric Association or for treatment for organic brain syndromes;
shall own, possess, or control any firearm or ammunition therefor, unless the person has been medically documented to be no longer adversely affected by the addiction, abuse, dependence, mental disease, disorder, or defect.
(e) No minor who:
(1) Is or has been under treatment for addiction to any dangerous, harmful, or detrimental drug, intoxicating compound as defined in section 712-1240, or intoxicating liquor;
(2) Is a fugitive from justice; or
(3) Has been determined not to have been responsible for a criminal act or has been committed to any institution on account of a mental disease, disorder, or defect;
shall own, possess, or control any firearm or ammunition therefor, unless the minor has been medically documented to be no longer adversely affected by the addiction, mental disease, disorder, or defect.
For the purposes of enforcing this section, and notwithstanding section 571-84 or any other law to the contrary, any agency within the State shall make its records relating to family court adjudications available to law enforcement officials.
(f) No person who has been restrained pursuant to
an order of any court, including an ex parte order as provided in this
subsection, from contacting, threatening, or physically abusing any person,
shall possess, control, or transfer ownership of any firearm or ammunition
therefor, so long as the protective order, restraining order, or any extension
is in effect, unless the order, for good cause shown, specifically permits the
possession of a firearm and ammunition.
The restraining order or order of protection shall specifically include
a statement that possession, control, or transfer of ownership of a firearm or
ammunition by the person named in the order is prohibited. [Such] The person shall
relinquish possession and control of any firearm and ammunition owned by that
person to the police department of the appropriate county for safekeeping for
the duration of the order or extension thereof.
In the case of an ex parte order, the affidavit or statement under oath
that forms the basis for the order shall contain a statement of the facts that
support a finding that the person to be restrained owns, intends to obtain or
to transfer ownership of, or possesses a firearm, and that the firearm may be
used to threaten, injure, or abuse any person.
The ex parte order shall be effective upon service pursuant to section 586-6. At the time of service of a restraining order
involving firearms and ammunition issued by any court, the police officer may
take custody of any and all firearms and ammunition in plain sight, those
discovered pursuant to a consensual search, and those firearms surrendered by
the person restrained. If the person
restrained is the registered owner of a firearm and knows the location of the
firearm, but refuses to surrender the firearm or refuses to disclose the
location of the firearm, the person restrained shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor. In any case, when a police
officer is unable to locate the firearms and ammunition either registered under
this chapter or known to the person granted protection by the court, the police
officer shall apply to the court for a search warrant pursuant to chapter 803
for the limited purpose of seizing the firearm and ammunition.
For the purposes of this subsection, good cause shall not be based solely upon the consideration that the person subject to restraint pursuant to an order of any court, including an ex parte order as provided for in this subsection, is required to possess or carry firearms or ammunition during the course of the person's employment. Good cause consideration may include but not be limited to the protection and safety of the person to whom a restraining order is granted.
(g)
No person who:
(1) As a minor, was diagnosed as having
a significant behavioral, emotional, or mental disorder as defined by the most
current diagnostic manual of the American Psychiatric Association;
(2) Is less than twenty-five years old and
has been adjudicated by the family court to have committed not more than one
crime of violence in this State or elsewhere; or
(3) Is more than twenty-five years old and
has been adjudicated by the family court to have committed one or more crimes of
violence in this State or elsewhere;
shall
own, possess, or control any firearm or ammunition therefor, unless the person
has been medically documented to be no longer either adversely affected by the behavioral,
emotional, or mental disorder or deemed a danger to themselves or others.
For
the purposes of enforcing this section, and notwithstanding section 571-84 or
any other law to the contrary, any agency within the State shall make its
records relating to behavioral, emotional, or mental disorders diagnoses or family
court adjudications, or both, available to law enforcement officials.
[(g)]
(h) Any person disqualified from
ownership, possession, control, or the right to transfer ownership of firearms
and ammunition under this section shall surrender or dispose of all firearms
and ammunition in compliance with section 134-7.3.
[(h)]
(i) Any person violating
subsection (a) or (b) shall be guilty of a class C felony; provided that any
felon violating subsection (b) shall be guilty of a class B felony. Any person violating subsection (c), (d),
(e), (f), or [(g)] (h) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor."
SECTION 2. Section 571-84, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§571-84
Records. (a) The court shall maintain records of all cases
brought before it. Except as provided in
section 571-84.6, in proceedings under section 571-11 and in paternity
proceedings under chapter 584, the following records shall be withheld from
public inspection: the court docket,
petitions, complaints, motions, and other papers filed in any case; transcripts
of testimony taken by the court; and findings, judgments, orders, decrees, and
other papers other than social records filed in proceedings before the
court. The records other than social
records shall be open to inspection: by
the parties and their attorneys, by an institution or agency to which custody
of a minor has been transferred, and by an individual who has been appointed
guardian; with consent of the judge, by persons having a legitimate interest in
the proceedings from the standpoint of the welfare of the minor; and, pursuant to
order of the court or the rules of court, by persons conducting pertinent research
studies, and by persons, institutions, and agencies having a legitimate
interest in the protection, welfare, treatment, or disposition of the minor.
(b) Reports of social and clinical studies or
examinations made pursuant to this chapter shall be withheld from public inspection,
except that information from these reports [may]:
(1) May be furnished, in a manner
determined by the judge, to persons and governmental and private agencies and
institutions conducting pertinent research studies or having a legitimate interest
in the protection, welfare, treatment, or disposition of the minor[.];
and
(2) Shall be furnished to law enforcement
officials if the minor has been diagnosed with having a significant behavioral,
emotional, or mental disorder as defined by the most current diagnostic manual
of the American Psychiatric Association; or has been adjudicated by the court
to have committed a crime of violence.
(c) No information obtained or social records prepared in the discharge of official duty by an employee of the court shall be disclosed directly or indirectly to anyone other than the judge or others entitled under this chapter to receive the information, unless and until otherwise ordered by the judge.
(d) Any photograph or fingerprint taken of any minor may be used or circulated only as permitted by section 571-74.
(e) The records of any police department and of
any juvenile division or section thereof, relating to any proceedings
authorized under section 571-11 shall be confidential and shall be open to inspection
and use only by persons whose official duties are concerned with this chapter,
except as provided in subsections (b), (d) [and], (f), and
(j); sections 571-88 and 571-72(b)[,]; or as otherwise
ordered by the court.
(f) Any police records concerning traffic accidents in which a minor coming within section 571-11(1) is involved, after the termination of any proceeding under section 571-11(1) arising out of any accident, or in any event after six months from the date of the accident, shall be available for inspection by the parties directly concerned in the accident or their duly licensed attorneys acting under written authority signed by either party. Any person who may sue because of death resulting from any traffic accident shall be deemed a party concerned.
(g) In all proceedings concerning violations other than traffic violations, in which a minor coming within section 571‑11(1) is involved and after the termination of any proceeding under section 571-11(1) arising out of the violation, the court may disclose to a party directly concerned the disposition of a case involving an offense against a person or property. This disclosure shall be made only upon written request of the party directly concerned. If the minor has been adjudicated a law violator, the name and address of the minor, and, when practicable, the name of the parent or guardian shall be disclosed, pursuant to the order of the court or the Hawaii family court rules, to the parties directly concerned with the alleged violation or their duly licensed attorneys acting under written authority signed by either party. For the purpose of this section, "parties directly concerned" means any person who may sue because of death, injury, or damage resulting from any violation, other than a traffic violation, in which a minor coming within section 571-11(1) is involved.
The minor, and, when practicable, the minor's parents or custodian, and the attorney of the minor shall be notified when the minor's name and address have been released.
(h) Evidence given in proceedings under section 571-11(1) or (2) shall not in any civil, criminal, or other cause be lawful or proper evidence against the minor therein involved for any purpose whatever, except in subsequent proceedings involving the same minor under section 571-11(1) or (2).
(i) All information in the records except reports of social studies and clinical studies or examinations shall be recorded in the juvenile justice information system. Information about the dates, length, preparer, and subject of social studies may be included in the juvenile justice information system.
(j) All records shall be made available to the appropriate law enforcement officials for any minor who has a recorded diagnosis of having a significant behavioral, emotional, or mental disorder as defined by the most current diagnostic manual of the American Psychiatric Association; or who has been adjudicated by the court to have committed a crime of violence."
SECTION 3. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report
Title:
Firearms; Mental Health; Red Flags; Restrictions; Family Court Records
Description:
Prohibits certain individuals who, as a minor, were diagnosed with behavioral, emotional, or mental disorders or adjudicated by the family court to have committed a certain number of crimes of violence from owning firearms unless the person has been medically documented to be no longer either adversely affected by the behavioral, emotional, or mental disorder or deemed a danger to themselves or others. Requires records of these diagnoses or adjudications to be made available to law enforcement officials.
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