CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 66-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2436

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2436, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIREARMS,"

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 voluntary surrender of firearms and ammunition, upon disqualification from ownership, possession, or control, within seven business days of disqualification; and

(2) Shorten the time period after failing to voluntarily surrender or dispose of all firearms and ammunition upon disqualification, after which the chief of police may seize all firearms and ammunition, from thirty days to seven business days.

Your Committee on Conference finds that removing firearms from those who are prohibited from having them is of utmost importance to protect the public. Currently, the law allows individuals who are disqualified from ownership, possession, or control of firearms and ammunition to keep those firearms and ammunition up to thirty days if they fail to voluntarily surrender them. Your Committee on Conference finds that this lengthy time period creates a significant risk to the public and should be shortened so that firearms and ammunition are quickly removed from those individuals who should not be possessing them.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the time period in which a person is required to voluntarily surrender firearms and ammunition, upon disqualification from ownership, possession, or control, from within seven business days of disqualification to within seven days of disqualification;

(2) Changing the time period after failing to voluntarily surrender or dispose of all firearms and ammunition upon disqualification, after which the chief of police may seize all firearms and ammunition, from seven business days to seven days; and

(3) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2018.

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 S.B. No. 2436, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2436, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO Chair	____________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA Chair
	____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI Co-Chair