STAND. COM. REP. NO. 643-14
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2014
RE: H.B. No. 2246
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2014
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2246 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to promote state compliance with federal firearm regulations by:
(1) Establishing a court-based relief program for persons who are federally prohibited from possessing a firearm based on previous adjudication as mentally defective or commitment to a mental institution when they can show recovery by clear and convincing evidence; and
(2) Requiring the court to forward all orders of involuntary civil commitment to the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center for maintenance by the Center and submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Your Committee has amended this measure by 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. 2246, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2246, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ KARL RHOADS, Chair |
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