STAND. COM. REP. NO. 647-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 2351

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 Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2351 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIREARMS REPORTING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend the annual reporting requirements for the Department of the Attorney General (Department) concerning concealed carry licenses.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of the Attorney General and Honolulu Police Department. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from two individuals.

Your Committee finds that excluding from the Department's annual report demographic information pertaining to the applicant's age, gender, and race will prevent any unintended stigma being attached to any group of conceal carry license applicants and licensees.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 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 Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2351, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2351, H.D. 1, 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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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair