STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2102

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.B. No. 151

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 151, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Require any department or agency employing a law enforcement officer to maintain a publicly available policy that provides a minimum standard on the use of force;

(2) Allow a department or agency's use of force policies and training to be introduced as evidence in proceedings involving a law enforcement officer's use of force;

(3) Require a law enforcement officer to report the use of excessive force by another law enforcement officer; and

(4) Require that law enforcement officers receive training designed to minimize the use of force.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Honolulu Police Department and six individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to June 30, 3000, 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 S.B. No. 151, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 151, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair