CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 148-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2071

H.D. 2

S.D. 2

C.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2071, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

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

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Require the Governor to appoint a law enforcement working group to recommend professional recruitment, hiring, and training standards for all state and county law enforcement officers who carry firearms and badges and who have arrest authority; and

(2) Prohibit law enforcement officers who are terminated for misconduct by a state or county department, agency, or office in a law enforcement capacity from being hired by another state or county law enforcement department, agency, or office unless the officer is reinstated through collective bargaining or the legal process.

Upon consideration, your Committee on Conference has amended this measure to:

(1) Establish a Law Enforcement Standards Board (Board) to provide standards and programs for training and certification of law enforcement officers;

(2) Prospectively require the appointment and employment of only Board-certified law enforcement officers for specified state agencies and county police departments;

(3) Require the Board to adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, that establish criteria for the certification process, as well as the denial, suspension, or revocation of a law enforcement officer's certification;

(4) Establish the Law Enforcement Standards Board Special Fund (Special Fund);

(5) Appropriate $100,000 out of the general fund into the Special Fund for the purposes of the measure; and

(6) Make July 1, 2018, the effective date of the measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2071, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2071, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA Chair	____________________________ AARON LING JOHANSON Co-Chair
____________________________ JILL N. TOKUDA Co-Chair	____________________________ SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO Co-Chair
____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI Co-Chair	____________________________ DANIEL HOLT Co-Chair
____________________________ BRICKWOOD GALUTERIA Co-Chair