STAND. COM. REP. NO.  284-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2243

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred H.B. No. 2243 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to increase the State's public safety by, among other things:

(1)  Allowing qualified entities that may be non-governmental agencies to request state and national fingerprint-based criminal history record checks on their applicants, employees, and volunteers who provide care for children, vulnerable adults, or the disabled; and

(2)  Allowing those entities to receive the results of the check directly.

The Department of the Attorney General and Department of Human Services testified in support of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2243 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety,

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HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair