Greetings Everyone! Thanks again for taking action to attempt to get the Hawaii legislature to legally recognize our right to self-defense outside our homes. The number of signers almost doubled after I emailed all those who submitted testimony opposing an anti-rights bill (HB2632) currently in process in the legislature. Somehow the legislature seems motivated to hold hearings for the bills that further restrict our rights, but not for those bills that legally recognize our rights. Go figure. Sorry about posting another update so soon after the previous one, but I received a suggestion: contact the Senate and House leadership and ask them to have the various committee chairpersons to hold hearings on the CCW-related bills. I have not heard anything at all from all the committee chairs that I emailed asking for hearings, not even an acknowledgement that they received my email. Go figure. If you'd be willing to email/call/fax the two leaders (one of each body), it might help. It couldn't hurt (I don't think.) Here is the contact info, the bills involved on each side, and a sample email for each: Hawaii Senate and House Leadership Contact Information President of the Senate Kouchi ,  Ronald D. (D) Hawaii State Capitol, Room 409 Phone 808-586-6030 Fax 808-586-6031 E-Mail: senkouchi@Capitol.hawaii.gov Speaker of the House Souki ,  Joseph M. (D) Hawaii State Capitol, Room 431 Phone 808-586-6100 Fax 808-586-6101 E-Mail: repsouki@Capitol.hawaii.gov Senate President Kouchi, Please request that the Senate committee chairpersons responsible for holding hearings on the following bills actually hold them, allowing citizens to testify and hopefully allow our natural fundamental individual enumerated Constitutionally-guaranteed civil rights to be restored in Hawaii: SB2711, SB1184, SB95, SB936, SB354. Thank you, House Speaker Souki, Please request that the House committee chairpersons responsible for holding hearings on the following bills actually hold them, allowing citizens to testify and hopefully allow our natural fundamental individual enumerated Constitutionally-guaranteed civil rights to be restored in Hawaii: HB1691, HB710, HB2425. Thank you, * * * * If you are interested in the bills themselves, here is a brief summary, along with the url for each bill, which has a link to the actual full text of each bill. Note that if the latest entry is from December of 2015 and states "carried over" it means that the bill was introduced in 2015 and no action was taken, and no hearing has been scheduled again this year. 2016 Hawaii Legislature CCW Bills Summary House Bills: HB710 Measure Title: RELATING TO FIREARMS. Report Title: Licenses to Carry; Firearms Description: Requires a county police chief to grant an applicant a license to carry a concealed handgun and ammunition within the county. Current Referral: JUD, FIN Introducer(s): NAKASHIMA 12/17/2015 D Carried over to 2016 Regular Session. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=710 * * * * HB1691 Measure Title: RELATING TO FIREARMS. Report Title: Licenses to Carry; Firearms Description: Requires a county police chief to grant a qualified applicant a license to carry a concealed or unconcealed handgun and ammunition within the county. Current Referral: CPC, JUD, FIN Introducer(s): KONG 1/25/2016 H Referred to CPC, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 1 http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1691 * * * * HB2425 Measure Title: RELATING TO FIREARMS. Report Title: Concealed Weapons; Licenses; Criteria for Approval and Denial Description: Requires each county police chief to adopt criteria for the approval or denial of concealed weapon license applications. Requires an applicant to be informed of the specific reason for a denial. Requires annual reports. Current Referral: JUD, FIN Introducer(s): FUKUMOTO CHANG, MATSUMOTO, POUHA, DeCoite, McKelvey, Mizuno http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2425 * * * * Senate Bills SB2711 Measure Title: RELATING TO CONCEALED CARRY LICENSE OF PISTOLS OR REVOLVERS. Report Title: Pistols or Revolvers; Concealed Carry License Description: Authorizes chiefs of police to issue licenses to carry a concealed pistol or revolver. Details processes for license applications, renewals, and record keeping. Strictly prohibits carrying concealed pistols or revolvers under certain circumstances. Repeals HRS section 134-9. Current Referral: PSM, JDL/WAM Introducer(s): SLOM, Gabbard 2/2/2016 S Re-Referred to PSM, JDL/WAM. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2711 * * * * SB1184 Measure Title: RELATING TO CONCEALED CARRY LICENSE OF PISTOLS OR REVOLVERS. Report Title: Pistols or Revolvers; Concealed Carry License Description: Authorizes chiefs of police to issue licenses to carry a concealed pistol or revolver. Details processes for license applications, renewals, and record keeping. Strictly prohibits carrying concealed pistols or revolvers under certain circumstances. Repeals HRS section 134-9. Current Referral: PSM, JDL Introducer(s): SLOM 12/17/2015 D Carried over to 2016 Regular Session. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1184 * * * * SB95 Measure Title: RELATING TO SELF DEFENSE. Report Title: Firearms; Concealed Carry License Description: Authorizes the chief of police from each respective county to issue licenses to carry a concealed firearm. Specifies processes for license applications, renewals, revocations, and record keeping. Strictly prohibits carrying concealed firearms under certain circumstances. Makes various conforming amendments. Current Referral: PSM/WAM, JDL Introducer(s): GABBARD, SLOM 12/17/2015 D Carried over to 2016 Regular Session. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=95 * * * * SB936 Measure Title: RELATING TO CIVIL LIABILITY. Report Title: Civil Liability; Limitation; Justification; Use of Force Description: Provides for the defense of justification for the use of force, under sections 703-302 through 703-309 of the Penal Code, precluding civil liability to an injured perpetrator convicted of the underlying crime or lesser included offense. Current Referral: JDL Introducer(s): SLOM, CHUN OAKLAND, DELA CRUZ, GABBARD, HARIMOTO, INOUYE, RUDERMAN, Galuteria, Keith-Agaran, Shimabukuro 12/17/2015 D Carried over to 2016 Regular Session. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=936 * * * * SB354 Measure Title: RELATING TO PERMITS TO ACQUIRE. Report Title: Firearms; Registration; Waiting Period Description: Provides that owners of previously registered firearms in this State shall not be subject to the existing permit waiting period when seeking a permit to allow for the acquisition of another firearm. Current Referral: PSM, JDL Introducer(s): GABBARD, SLOM 12/17/2015 D Carried over to 2016 Regular Session. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=354