HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2351

THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO FIREARMS REPORTING.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 134-9.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "[[]§134-9.6[]]  Annual report on licenses to carry.  (a)  [No later than April 1, 2024, and April 1 of each year thereafter, the] The department of the attorney general shall publish [a] an annual report on its publicly available website that includes, if available[:], the following information, broken down by county, regarding licenses to carry a firearm concealed on the person required under section 134-9(a):

     (1)  The number of licenses [to carry] applied for, issued, revoked, and denied[, further categorized by the age, gender, race, and county of residence of each applicant or licensee;] during the prior calendar year;

     (2)  The [specific reasons for each revocation and denial;] number of active licenses and licensees as of December 31 of the prior calendar year;

     (3)  [Analysis of denials based on applicants' failure to meet the standards of section 134-9(d), and recommendations to remedy any disparities in denial rates by age, gender, or race;] A breakdown of reasons for license denials and revocations during the prior calendar year; and

     (4)  The number of administrative appeals [and appeals] received, granted[;], and denied during the prior calendar year.

    [(5)  The number of violations of section 134-9.1.]

     (b)  No later than [February 1] March 31 of each year, the chief of police of each county shall [supply] provide to the department of the attorney general [with] the data for the prior calendar year that the department requires to complete the report under subsection (a)."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

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

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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BY REQUEST


 


 

 

Report Title:

Firearms; Licenses; Reporting

 

Description:

Amends annual reporting requirement for the Department of the Attorney General concerning firearms concealed carry licenses.

 

 

 

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