Prohibits acquisition of firearms by anyone listed on the Terrorist Screening Database. We went through this last year or the year before. Defeated in committee, perhaps because of the testimony informing them of the huge percentage of erroneous listings, the inability to get off the list, or even find out why one is on the list. Often included are family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, etc. of the one person that is actually suspected. That's no impediment for Rhoads, et al.

https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=556&year=2019

SB556       

Measure Title:   RELATING TO FIREARMS.
Report Title:   Terrorist Screening Database; Terrorist Watch List; Firearms and Ammunition; Gun Permit Application Background Check
Description:   Adds the requirement to notify the Terrorist Screening Center administered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to the gun permit application background check.

Introducer(s):   K. RHOADS, S. CHANG, KEITH-AGARAN

Sort by Date       Status Text
1/18/2019   S   Introduced.

The bill:
https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB556_.HTM  (new material underlined)

The issuing authority shall perform an inquiry on an applicant by using the International Justice and Public Safety Network, including the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement query, the National Crime Information Center, and the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, pursuant to section 846-2.7, and shall inform the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Terrorist Screening Center of the application, before any determination to issue a permit or to deny an application is made."