STAND. COM. REP. NO.  280

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 551

      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 Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 551 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRIC GUNS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this Act is to change the current law on who can possess an electric gun to include county liquor authority investigators.

     Several concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Honolulu Police Department and the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii opposed this bill.

     In light of the testimony given, your Committee has amended this bill by changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 551, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 551, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
                                  Respectfully submitted on              behalf of the members of the          Committee on Public Safety &                                   Military Affairs,

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HENRY J. C. AQUINO, Chair