STAND. COM. REP. NO. 944-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 2231

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2231 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish as a goal of the State the increased representation of female law enforcement officers in the State by 2030; and

(2) Require each law enforcement agency to recruit law enforcement officers from diverse backgrounds.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Law Enforcement; Honolulu Police Department; Stonewall Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi; and Kapalama Neighborhood Security Watch.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion.

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. 2231, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2231, H.D. 1.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair