STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1436

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   S.B. No. 69

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 69, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIREARMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to help promote public safety by:

     (1)  Requiring that individuals who bring firearms into the State that are required by law to be registered to be fingerprinted and photographed by the police department of the county of registration; and

     (2)  Appropriating unspecified amounts to each county to implement this requirement. 

     This measure also increases from three to five days the length of time individuals who bring firearms into the State have to comply with registration requirements.

The Department of the Attorney General, Honolulu Police Department, Kauai Police Department, County of Maui Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, Hawaii Rifle Association, and several concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Hawaii members of the National Rifle Association and numerous individuals opposed this measure.  The Hawaii Police Department and several concerned individuals provided comments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 69, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair