STAND. COM. REP. NO.  301-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2629

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred H.B. No. 2629 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 public safety by authorizing county police departments to enroll firearms applicants into a criminal record monitoring service used to alert police when an owner of a firearm is arrested for a criminal offense anywhere in the country.

The Honolulu Police Department supported this measure.  The Hawaii Rifle Association, National Rifle Association, and a few concerned individuals opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Authorizing county police departments to enroll individuals who are registering their firearms into a criminal record monitoring service; and

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote further discussion.

     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. 2629, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2629, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

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

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GREGG TAKAYAMA, Chair