STAND. COM. REP. NO.561
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 1211
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1211 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIREARMS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of the bill is to:
(1) Exclude defibrillators used in emergency medical situations from definition of "electric gun";
(2) Include electric livestock prod in the definition of "electric gun"; and
(3) Exempt law enforcement officers from laws governing carrying, owning, and licensing of firearms.
Your Committee received testimony in support of the measure from the Honolulu Police Department. Your Committee received testimony in opposition from the Hawaii Citizens' Rights Pac and several individuals.
Your Committee finds that:
(1) Defibrillators and electric cattle prods when limited to their intended use pose no danger as weapons, therefore, these should not be included in the definition of "electric guns"; and
(2) There is a need to study the effectiveness of using electric guns by police authorities, therefore, the police should be allowed to acquire at most three weapons for each county police department.
Your Committee amended the bill by:
(1) Retaining the exclusion of electric livestock prod in the definition of "electric gun"; and
(2) Limiting each county police department to three electric guns for the purpose of studying the utility of electric guns.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1211, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1211, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs,
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____________________________ ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair |
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