STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2165

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2436

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2436 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIREARMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to shorten the time period for voluntary surrender of firearms and ammunition upon disqualification from ownership, possession, or control from thirty days to an unspecified number of hours.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of the Mayor, County of Hawai‘i; Everytown for Gun Safety; Moms Demand Action; Parents and Children Together; Project Kealahou; and ten individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the National Rifle Association Hawaii, ASSE, Hawaii Sportsmen's Alliance, and forty-six individuals.

Your Committee finds that removing firearms from those who are prohibited from having them is of utmost importance to protect the public. Existing 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 before voluntarily surrendering them. Your Committee 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 are not to be possessing them.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the unspecified time period for voluntary surrender of firearms and ammunition upon disqualification from ownership, possession, or control to twenty-four hours.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2436, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2436, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs,

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CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair