HB150 • 2026

RELATING TO FIREARMS.

Firearms

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The official status still shows this bill as active or still awaiting another formal step.

Sponsor: TARNAS, AMATO, EVSLIN, GARRETT, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, OLDS, PERRUSO
Last action: 2025-12-08
Official status: Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The candidate explanation included speculative statements about the consequences of breaking the rules and the impact on existing firearm loans, which are not supported by the official source material.

Rules about Lending Firearms

This bill restricts the lending of firearms to adults who have a firearm permit or registered firearm, limits borrowing time to twelve hours for rifles and shotguns, and removes previous allowances for longer-term loans.

What This Bill Does

It stops people from lending firearms to others who do not have a firearm permit or a registered firearm.
It requires an adult borrowing a firearm to either have a firearm permit or own a registered firearm, and must not be prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm.
It allows adults aged twenty-one or older to borrow rifles or shotguns for up to twelve hours.
It removes the old rule allowing people to lend firearms outside of Hawaii for up to seventy-five days.
It gets rid of the old rule that allowed lending a rifle or shotgun without needing a permit.

Who It Names or Affects

People who want to borrow or lend firearms
Adults aged twenty-one and older

Terms To Know

Firearm Permit: A document that allows someone to own or use a firearm legally.
Registered Firearm: A firearm that is officially recorded with the government.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what happens if someone breaks these new rules.
It's unclear how this will affect people who already have firearms lent to them under old rules.
This bill has not yet been approved and is still being considered by the legislature.

Bill History

2025-12-08 D
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
2025-02-19 H
The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
2025-02-14 H
Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-19-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-01-21 H
Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1
2025-01-16 H
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2025-01-14 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO FIREARMS.
Firearms; Lending; Firearm Permit; Firearm Registration
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 a rifle or shotgun without a permit.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

HB150

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

150

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

Relating to firearms.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

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SECTION 1.
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The
legislature finds that existing law allows firearms to be lent to an adult for
up to seventy-five days without any background check or notice to the
government that a firearm has been lent to a person who does not have a permit
for that weapon.
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The legislature further
finds that this is not consistent with other state firearm regulations, which
require background checks and permitting for all gun transferees.

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Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to:

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(1)
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Restrict
the loan of a rifle or shotgun to an adult who is twenty-one years or older;

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(2)
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Repeal
the authorization to lend a rifle or shotgun without a permit;

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(3)
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Restrict
the lending of a rifle or shotgun to twelve hours;

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(4)
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Repeal
the authorized lending of a rifle or shotgun outside of the State;

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(5)
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Require
that an adult who is borrowing a firearm either possess a firearm permit or
personally own or possess a registered firearm, and is not prohibited from
owning or possessing a firearm; and

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(6)
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Prohibit
a person from intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly lending a firearm to a
person who does not have a firearm permit or does not own or possess a
registered firearm.

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SECTION
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Section 134-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended by amending subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:

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(c)
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Any lawfully acquired rifle or shotgun may be
lent to an adult
who is twenty-one years of age or older

for
use [
within the State
] for a period not to exceed [
fifteen days
without a permit;
]
twelve hours;
provided that [
where the rifle
or shotgun is to be used outside of the State, the loan may be for a period not
to exceed seventy-five days.
]
the adult borrowing a rifle or
shotgun possesses a permit pursuant to section 134-2 or owns or possesses a
firearm that is registered pursuant to section 134
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3, and is not prohibited
from ownership or possession of a firearm pursuant to section 134-7.

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(d)
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No person shall intentionally, knowingly, or
recklessly lend a firearm to any person who
does not have a permit
pursuant to section 134-2, does not own or possess a firearm that is registered
pursuant to section 134-3, or

is prohibited from ownership, possession, or control of a firearm
under section 134-7.
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SECTION 3.
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Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.
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New statutory material is underscored.

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SECTION 4.
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This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Firearms; Lending; Firearm Permit; Firearm Registration

Description:

Prohibits a person from lending a firearm to a person who
does not have a firearm permit or does not have a registered firearm.
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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.
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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.
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Repeals the authorization to use a rifle or
shotgun outside of the State for up to seventy-five days.
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Repeals the authorization to lend a rifle or
shotgun without a permit.

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