STAND. COM. REP. NO.  389-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2632

      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 Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2632 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIREARMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require firearm owners who have been disqualified from owning, possessing, or controlling firearms and ammunition due to mental illness or other mental health conditions to immediately surrender their firearms and ammunition to the Chief of Police upon written notification by the Chief of Police.

The Honolulu Police Department and a few individuals supported this measure.  The Hawaii Rifle Association, NRA, and numerous individuals testified in opposition to this measure.  An individual commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing its effective date to July 1, 2070, to encourage further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2632, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2632, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

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

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair