STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1885-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2436

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2436, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIREARMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to shorten the period of time, from thirty to seven days, within which a person who is disqualified from ownership, possession, or control of firearms and ammunition is required to voluntarily surrender or dispose of all firearms and ammunition.

Rainbow Family 808, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, LGBT Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Keiki Injury Prevention Coalition, Hawaii Chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, Injury Prevention Advisory Committee, Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition, and numerous individuals testified in support of this measure. Several individuals testified in opposition. The County of Hawai‘i Mayor, Honolulu Police Department, Institute for Rational and Evidence-based Legislation, Everytown for Gun Safety, Injury Prevention Advisory Committee, and several individuals provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by clarifying that a person has seven business days to voluntarily dispose of or surrender to the chief of police all firearms and ammunition after the person is disqualified from ownership, possession, or control of firearms and ammunition.

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