Here is the new bill tracker for 2023.  This is constantly updated.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J-jW_lntqL1UXimSZ7lYoIgLMWRHjInuiKI0LnkzL0w/edit?usp=sharing

Update 2-3-23

2 bills are up for hearing early next week.  It is very important we get as much calls and testimony in as possible, as these 2 hearings will set the tone for future hearings and help us defeat this bill and others.  Out of the 10 hearing s that will come up this session, these two are the most important.

SB1230 is an average sensitive places ban/CCW requirements bill in the PUblic Safety committee Chair  Senator Wakai on Monday at 3pm.  I'm surprised he is hearing this bill instead of the Governor's extreme bill, but Wakai introduced this and he is a analytical moderate.  We need everyone in his district, lower parts of Waipahu to Sand Island, to call his office on Monday and say you are a constituent and oppose this bill.  You can submit written testimony and do remote video testimony(request 24hrs prior) or in-person (submit written and just show up).  We are looking for 1,000 testimonies in opposition.

Wakai's district and contact:  https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/fyl/?webmap=2960e36874df4134879bda59d7d92a94&query=Senate%20Districts,Sen_ID,15
SB1230:  https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1230&year=2023

Bill 57 is for the City and County of Honolulu, it's 2nd hearing is before the Executive and Legal Affairs committee with Chair Tyler Dos-Santos Tam.  We talked to him last week, and seems to be taking a cautious approach to this bill due to the lawsuits on the mainland.  The original draft of Bill 57 is bad.  Tupola drafted a minimal draft CD1 version of the bill that meets the SCOTUS requirements in NYSRPA v Bruen.  We don't think CD1 is necessary, but could live with it.  Best approach is to have the city council hold off on their bill and wait for the State to pass something.
https://honolulu.granicus.com/GeneratedAgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&event_id=1000
Call your district council members on Monday and Tuesday
District map and contact info:  https://www.honolulucitycouncil.org/find-my-councilmember

In other news, Hunting bills HB1382 game meat processing task force/meat donations passed the agriculture committee along with HB1426 concerning food innovation(creating a sustainable industry and market) and axis deer meat processing on Molokai.

49 gun bills for 2023 with the vast majority being for gun control.  This is higher than prior years.  Almost all of these would be deemed unconstitutional per the SCOTUS Bruen decision last year, and almost none of them have the required historical precedent to back them up in court.

The most common add restrictions to the permit to acquire, carry, and sensitive places.  There are some new ones which is negligent display of a firearm which could be accidental, such as reaching for something on a high shelf exposing your waistline.  Attaching firearms to drones, requiring locked containers when transporting firearms, allowances to store firearms in vehicles under certain conditions, and liability for the gun industry (aka marketing lawsuits).

The egregious bill?  Award goes to HB428 which bans the carry of guns in Downtown Honolulu and Waikiki.  Kinda thought SCOTUS went over this before...
Carry bill to focus on?  It would be the Governor's carry bills HB984 and SB1282 which include just about everything for permit to acquire and carry.

2 bills are up for hearing now HB535 was introduced by the Big Island hunters and is the main focus for hunting this year.  It creates a game management plan to promote hunting, hunting education, increased hunting opportunities, etc.  It also creates the certified public hunter program by the State, encouraging private land owners to allow hunting on their properties.  Currently it is very difficult to hunt on private land, where most of the pigs and deer are located, due to liability concerns.  This program would help to resolve that issue.
Please provide supporting testimony:  https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=535&year=2023

The other bill is SB98 which I have no position on.  This will audit the State's Wildlife restoration program aka Pittman Robertson federal grant funds to promote hunting and develop ranges.  This is the 11% federal firearms and ammunition tax that you pay.
https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=98&year=2023
This is the 2022 Wildlife Fund report, see what your tax dollars are spent on:  https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=DC&billnumber=87&year=2023

The rest of the bills received referrals to their committee.  So far the senate bills are referred to both PSM (Wakai) and JDC (Rhoads).  Usually in the past, PSM (Nishihara) declined to have hearings for the bills leaving the fate of the bills in Rhoads hand.  Wakai seems to be taking a more active role as the new chair.  This means there is an extra chance for the bills to be killed or at the very least, watered down if it does pass.  Wakai tends to be more of a moderate and looks at both sides of the issue.

I added C&CH Bill 57 Sensitive places to the list, a hearing is scheduled for Feb 7th.  We'd like to get as much participation as possible with written, zoom, and in-person testimony.  We want to shut this thing down early so we don't have to deal with it again later.

I testified on HB535 on Game Management Plan/Certified Hunter.  I was the only one testifying in person other than the DLNR.  DLNR was opposed to the bill saying that current laws already cover what is in the bill.  They did admit that they need to review the bill further and could provide amendments which could improve things for hunters.  A legislator asked if this would help with Maui's deer problem and DLNR said they already have programs to deal with the problem.

The issue on Maui is most of the land is privately owned and there are very little public lands where deer live on.  Private land owners complain about the deer overpopulation, but at the same time they don't allow hunters on their property due to liability reasons.  This bill would certify hunters easing those liability fears and open up more private lands for hunting.

HB535 passed the Water and Land committee and will advance.

No movement on the other bills.

2 bills are up for hearing early next week.  It is very important we get as much calls and testimony in as possible, as these 2 hearings will set the tone for future hearings and help us defeat this bill and others.  Out of the 10 hearing s that will come up this session, these two are the most important.

SB1230 is an average sensitive places ban/CCW requirements bill in the PUblic Safety committee Chair  Senator Wakai on Monday at 3pm.  I'm surprised he is hearing this bill instead of the Governor's extreme bill, but Wakai introduced this and he is a analytical moderate.  We need everyone in his district, lower parts of Waipahu to Sand Island, to call his office on Monday and say you are a constituent and oppose this bill.  You can submit written testimony and do remote video testimony(request 24hrs prior) or in-person (submit written and just show up).  We are looking for 1,000 testimonies in opposition.

Wakai's district and contact:  https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/fyl/?webmap=2960e36874df4134879bda59d7d92a94&query=Senate%20Districts,Sen_ID,15
SB1230:  https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1230&year=2023

Bill 57 is for the City and County of Honolulu, it's 2nd hearing is before the Executive and Legal Affairs committee with Chair Tyler Dos-Santos Tam.  We talked to him last week, and seems to be taking a cautious approach to this bill due to the lawsuits on the mainland.  The original draft of Bill 57 is bad.  Tupola drafted a minimal draft CD1 version of the bill that meets the SCOTUS requirements in NYSRPA v Bruen.  We don't think CD1 is necessary, but could live with it.  Best approach is to have the city council hold off on their bill and wait for the State to pass something.
https://honolulu.granicus.com/GeneratedAgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&event_id=1000
Call your district council members on Monday and Tuesday
District map and contact info:  https://www.honolulucitycouncil.org/find-my-councilmember

In other news, Hunting bills HB1382 game meat processing task force/meat donations passed the agriculture committee along with HB1426 concerning food innovation(creating a sustainable industry and market) and axis deer meat processing on Molokai.