CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 80-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2014

RE:    S.B. No. 2486

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam and Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2486, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PRIVATE GUARDS,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to amend provisions relating to private guards and individuals acting in a guard capacity by:

     (1)  Delaying the continuing education requirement by two years, thereby making the requirement effective prior to the June 30, 2016, renewal cycle;

     (2)  Making permanent the registration and licensure requirements for private guards and individuals acting in a guard capacity by repealing the sunset date of Act 208, Session Laws of Hawaii 2010 (Act 208); and

     (3)  Exempting loss prevention agents from private guard registration and licensure requirements.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that this measure ensures the continued competency and professionalism of private security guards and individuals acting in a guard capacity by repealing the sunset date of Act 208, which requires private security guards and individuals acting in a guard capacity to register as a guard with the Board of Private Detectives and Guards (Board) and meet registration, instruction, and training requirements prior to acting as a guard.

     Your Committee on Conference further finds that the Board and the private detective and guard industry concur that four hours of continuing education every two years, including a refresher component on professional image and aloha training, rather than four hours of continuing education each year, is sufficient to refresh guard employees on important training concepts included in the initial eight-hour training curriculum and ensure guard employees keep abreast of current trends in the guard industry.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Amending the continuing education requirement to four hours every two years, rather than four hours every year;

     (2)  Removing language that would have exempted loss prevention agents from private guard registration and licensure requirements;

     (3)  Inserting an effective date of June 29, 2014;

     (4)  Amending the purpose section; and

     (5)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2486, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2486, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Co-Chair	____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair
____________________________ SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Co-Chair