STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3154

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3251

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 Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 3251, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUNTING GUIDES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

(1) Require that hunting guides obtain written permission from the landowner or other appropriate person before taking clients to hunt on private lands; and

(2) Require hunting guides to provide copies of the written permission to the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources; one member of the Maui County Council; Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Inc.; and Hawai‘i Farm Bureau. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Maui Chamber of Commerce.

Your Committee finds that some hunting guides have taken their clients onto private land without permission from the landowner, prompting panic from landowners who witnessed unknown armed individuals walking on their property. To support existing laws that prohibit hunting guides from taking clients on to private property without permission, this measure requires that the guides obtain written permission from landowners, which must then be submitted to the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

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 S.B. No. 3251, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair