SB2286 • 2026

RELATING TO THE UNIFORM PROBATE CODE.

Firearms

Active

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

Sponsor: SAN BUENAVENTURA, CHANG
Last action: 2026-01-26
Official status: Referred to PSM, JDC.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

RELATING TO THE UNIFORM PROBATE CODE.

What This Bill Does

RELATING TO THE UNIFORM PROBATE CODE.
Uniform Probate Code; Firearms; Personal Representative Requires a personal representative of a decedent appointed under the Uniform Probate Code to notify the police department of the appropriate county of any and all firearms in an estate.
Requires the police department to certify that all registered firearms in an estate and other firearms of which the police department has been notified are properly transferred or disposed of before the estate may close.

Limits and Unknowns

This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

2026-01-26 S
Referred to PSM, JDC.
2026-01-21 S
Introduced and passed First Reading.
2026-01-15 S
Pending Introduction.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO THE UNIFORM PROBATE CODE.
Uniform Probate Code; Firearms; Personal Representative
Requires a personal representative of a decedent appointed under the Uniform Probate Code to notify the police department of the appropriate county of any and all firearms in an estate. Requires the police department to certify that all registered firearms in an estate and other firearms of which the police department has been notified are properly transferred or disposed of before the estate may close.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

SB2286

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2286

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO THE UNIFORM PROBATE CODE
.

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

����
SECTION 1.
�
The
legislature finds that
on January 19, 2020, two police officers were shot and killed
while responding to an apparent landlord-tenant dispute in Honolulu.
�
Although the suspected shooter was not a
registered firearm owner in the State, the landlord of the property where the
suspected shooter lived allegedly kept firearms belonging to the landlord's
deceased husband at the property.
�
The
legislature further finds that these firearms, which may have been used in the
fatal shooting, were not properly registered in the State and therefore were
improperly possessed by the landowner
.

����
Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to
require:

����
(1)
�
A
personal representative of a decedent appointed under the Uniform Probate Code
to notify the police department of the appropriate county of any and all
firearms in an estate; and

����
(2)
�
The
police department to certify that all firearms in an estate are properly
transferred or disposed of before the estate may close.

����
SECTION 2.
�

Chapter 560, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section
to article III to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

����
"
�560:3‑
�
Firearms; notification; transfer or
disposal.
�
(a)
�
A
personal representative shall notify the
police department of the appropriate county of any and all firearms in an
estate
.

����
(b)
�
No
estate shall close
unless the police department of the appropriate county certifies that all registered
firearms in the estate and other firearms of which the police department has
been notified are properly transferred or disposed of in accordance with
chapter 134
.
"

����
SECTION 3.
�

New statutory material is underscored.

����
SECTION 4.
�

This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

_____________________________

Report Title:

Uniform
Probate Code; Firearms; Personal Representative

Description:

Requires
a
personal representative of a decedent appointed under the Uniform Probate Code
to notify the police department
of the appropriate
county
of any and all firearms in an estate.
�
Requires the police department to certify
that all registered firearms in an estate and other firearms of which the
police department has been notified are properly transferred or disposed of
before the estate may close.

The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.