STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1141

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2025

RE: H.B. No. 664

H.D. 1

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Madame:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 664, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish the Office of Gun Violence Prevention to conduct community outreach on gun violence prevention, develop and administer a grant program for gun violence prevention, and develop and administer a gun violence resource bank; and

(2) Establish the Gun Violence Prevention Special Fund and appropriate funds into and out of the special fund.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Law Enforcement; Everytown for Gun Safety; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, Hawaii Chapter; Students Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, Hawaii Chapter; and six individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from numerous individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of the Attorney General; Department of Budget and Finance; and one individual.

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. 664, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair