STAND. COM. REP. NO.  809

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 1107

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1107 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII NATIONAL GUARD,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to authorize members of the Hawaii National Guard to use non-lethal weapons, including electric guns, to support civil authorities in disaster relief, civil defense, or law enforcement functions.

The State of Hawaii Department of Defense testified in support of this bill.  The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Defining the training required for the use of the non-lethal weapons;

     (2)  Changing its effective date to January 7, 2059, to promote further discussion; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.  

     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 H.B. No. 1107, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1107, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair