STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3288

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 892

H.D. 2

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 892, H.D. 2, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

(1) Clarify the membership requirements for the Law Enforcement Standards Board to facilitate participation and representation;

(2) Require the Law Enforcement Standards Board to consider studies relevant to its objectives and conduct its own study to evaluate how to satisfy its duties;

(3) Establish new deadlines for the completion of the Law Enforcement Standards Board's significant responsibilities; and

(4) Appropriate funds to enable the Law Enforcement Standards Board to accomplish its mission.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of the Attorney General, Department of Taxation, Law Enforcement Standards Board, Honolulu Police Department, Hawai‘i Police Department, and one individual. 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 Transportation and Department of Public Safety.

Your Committee finds that the Law Enforcement Standards Board has the important task of establishing the minimum standards for employment as a law enforcement officer in the State of Hawaii. Your Committee recognizes the need for the Law Enforcement Standards Board to receive funding, employ staff, and be provided with additional time to meet its statutory requirements. This measure will greatly assist the Law Enforcement Standards Board by providing the resources and time it needs to accomplish its mission.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Extending the deadlines for the completion of the Law Enforcement Standards Board's significant responsibilities to June 30, 2024;

(2) Inserting an appropriation amount of $483,000; and

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

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 H.B. No. 892, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 892, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committees on Ways and Means and 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