STAND. COM. REP. NO. 759

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 1541

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1541, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to prevent gun violence and save lives by:

(1) Establishing the Hawaii Gun Violence Prevention Center in the University of Hawai‘i to analyze and develop strategies to prevent gun violence in Hawaii; and

(2) Establishing the Hawaii Gun Violence Prevention Center Special Fund and appropriating funds for the hiring of staff for the Hawaii Gun Violence Prevention Center.

The Department of the Attorney General, University of Hawai‘i, O‘ahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, and two individuals testified in support of this measure. Institute for Rational and Evidence-based Legislation, Hawaii Firearms Coalition, Hawaii Rifle Association, and many individuals testified in opposition.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

Should your Committee on Finance consider this measure, your Committee respectfully requests that your Committee on Finance consider $200,000 as an appropriate sum to fulfill the needs of this measure.

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. 1541, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1541, H.D. 2.

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

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CHRIS LEE, Chair