STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1839-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2780

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2780 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE POWER OF ARREST,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to update:

(1) The list of federal agencies whose law enforcement officers may make arrests for certain offenses under state law by adding the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Homeland Security Investigations and deleting the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services from the list; and

(2) References to the titles of the heads of the district offices for the listed federal agencies and the names of these agencies, including United States Customs and Border Protection.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Homeland Security Investigations, Department of the Attorney General, Department of Public Safety, Department of Transportation, Hawai‘i Police Department, and Honolulu Police Department. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from Unite Here! Local 5 Hawaii, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawai‘i, and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Hawai‘i Coalition for Immigrant Rights.

Your Committee finds that this measure will promote enhanced collaboration between agents of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Homeland Security Investigations and state law enforcement counterparts to better protect national security, prevent crimes of exploitation, combat financial crimes, investigate cybercrime and other threats, and ensure public safety.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2780 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair