HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2125
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO FIREARMS.

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

SECTION 1. Section 134-17, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§134-17 Penalties. (a) If any person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation in connection with any of the requirements of this part, that person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; provided that if any person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation regarding the person's psychiatric or criminal history in connection with any of the requirements of this part, that person shall be guilty of a class C felony.

(b) Any person who violates:

(1) Section 134-2, 134-4, 134-10, 134-13(c), or 134-15 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor;

(2) Section 134-3(a) or 134-9(q) shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor; or

(3) Section 134-3(b) shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor and the firearm shall be confiscated as contraband and disposed of, if the firearm is not registered within five days of the person receiving notice of the violation.

(c) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any person found in possession of an unregistered or prohibited firearm in violation of this chapter shall be sentenced to a mandatory minimum period of imprisonment of one year without the possibility of parole."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Firearms; Unregistered or Prohibited; Mandatory Minimum Sentence

Description:

Requires a mandatory minimum period of imprisonment of one year without the possibility of parole for persons found in possession of an unregistered or prohibited firearm.

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