STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2689

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2813

       S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 2813, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GUARDIANSHIP,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

     (1)  Require courts to forward to the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center all information from adult guardianship appointment orders, as requested by the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center, to be reported for inclusion in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System; and

     (2)  Require the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center to maintain orders of appointment or information from orders of appointment for use in firearms permitting and registration.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of the Attorney General.

     Your Committee finds that there is a need to ensure that those who are mentally incapacitated do not have the opportunity to possess a firearm.  Under existing laws, neither firearms sellers nor police have any way to know if an adult has been appointed a guardian.  Implementation of this measure will enhance public safety by allowing guardianship appointment information to be shared with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System and disclosed to local law enforcement for the purposes of firearms permitting and registration.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2813, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Labor,

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GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Chair