STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1509-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: S.B. No. 2263
S.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2263, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHAPTER 134,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to comply with certain provisions of the federal law contained in the "Brady Bill" by amending Chapter 134, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to firearms, ammunition, and dangerous weapons. Specifically, this bill:
(1) Requires applications for permits to acquire firearms to include the applicant's country of citizenship and alien or admission number;
(2) Requires that the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and for non-citizens, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement databases, be checked prior to approving permits to acquire or licenses to carry firearms; and
(3) Prohibits a person's ownership, possession, or control of firearms or ammunition under state law if the person is prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition under federal law.
The Department of the Attorney General and Honolulu Police Department supported this bill.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2263, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
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