STAND. COM. REP. NO.  235

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 459

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 459 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIREARMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require law enforcement agencies to be notified of the identity of a firearms permit applicant whose application had been denied because of restrictions established by federal or state law.

Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Everytown for Gun Safety, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, and several individuals testified in support of the measure.  One individual testified in opposition.

     Your Committee has amended the measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 459, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 459, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair