STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1020-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 1239

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1239, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to enhance the public's trust in law enforcement and standardize best practices between the counties by:

(1) Amending the Law Enforcement Officer Independent Review Board to:

(A) Require members to serve four-year terms; and

(B) Make the board permanent; and

(2) Amending the membership and powers of the Law Enforcement Standards Board and extending certain members' terms to four years.

Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of the Attorney General, Department of Transportation, Law Enforcement Standards Board, and American Civil Liberties Union of Hawai‘i.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1239, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1239, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair