Bill Text: HI SB979 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Firearms.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. [SB979 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB979-Introduced.html
THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
979 |
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to firearms.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 134, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§134- License
to carry; skills assessment, safety course, and education prerequisites. (a) No person shall be
granted a license to carry under section 134-9 unless the person, at any time
prior to the granting of the license, has completed a firearms skills
assessment, safety course, and education course.
(b) The requirements under this section shall be in addition to the education and safety or training course prerequisites for a permit to acquire under section 134-2(g)."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2023.
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Report Title:
Firearms; Training and Education; License to Carry
Description:
Requires individuals to complete a firearms skills assessment, safety course, and education course prior to being granted a license to carry a pistol or revolver.
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