HB 25 Summary

• Prohibits any person, including hotel guests, from storing, keeping, carrying, or possessing firearms or ammunition in hotel rooms assigned to guests in Hawaii.

• Creates a new offense under Chapter 134 of Hawaii Revised Statutes with penalties to be determined (penalty language left blank in bill text).

• Applies definitions of "guest" and "hotel" from section 486K-1 to clarify scope of the prohibition.

• Amends existing firearm exemptions in section 134-11 to exclude the new hotel room prohibition from certain exemptions for law enforcement, military, and authorized organizations.

• Becomes effective upon approval and does not affect rights, duties, or proceedings that began before the law's enactment.