STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1231-20

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2020

RE: S.B. No. 3054

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Public Safety, Veterans, & Military Affairs and Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 3054, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIREARM REGISTRATION,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require every person who permanently moves firearms out of the State to contact the county police department where the firearms are registered to provide notice that the firearms have been moved out of State within five days of their removal from the State.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Honolulu Police Department and two individuals. Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from the National Rifle Association of America, Hawaii Rifle Association, Young Guns, Hawaii Firearms Coalition, and over one hundred individuals.

Based on a December 2018 report by the Legislative Reference Bureau on statistical data relating to firearms, your Committees find that accurate data on the number of firearms in the State is lacking. This measure will improve data collection and accuracy of registration information on firearms. Your Committees also find that a fine of $100, rather than $250, will still provide an adequate incentive for timely notification.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Reducing the fine from $250 to $100 per firearm; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Public Safety, Veterans, & Military Affairs and Judiciary that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3054, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3054, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Public Safety, Veterans, & Military Affairs and Judiciary,

____________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair

____________________________ GREGG TAKAYAMA, Chair