STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1658-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   S.B. No. 2411

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2411, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT CAMERAS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to increase transparency, accountability, and protection for law enforcement officers and civilians by:

     (1)  Establishing standards, prohibitions, and privacy interest presumptions regarding county police department body-worn and vehicle camera usage, training, and recorded footage retention; and

     (2)  Appropriating funds as a grant-in-aid to each county for the purchase of body-worn video cameras and law enforcement vehicle cameras subject to dollar-for-dollar match by the county.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii; IMUAlliance; and several individuals supported this measure.  The Hawaii Police Department; Maui Police Department; Kauai Police Department; State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers; and several individuals opposed this measure.  The Office of Information Practices; Honolulu Police Department; and the Civil Beat Law Center of the Public Interest provided comments.  

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the appropriation expending agency to the Department of the Attorney General for the distribution of funds to each county for the purchase of body-worn video cameras and law enforcement vehicle cameras.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2411, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2411, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair