THE SENATE
                THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                 REGULAR SESSION OF 2000

       MEASURES DEFERRED TO FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 2000

                 COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
                        9:00 a.m.
                   Conference Room 229


        DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURES
      (Deferred from February 7, 11, and 18, 2000)

SB 2155       RELATING TO FIREARMS                                 JDC
           Clarifies that the  prohibition  on persons subject
           to  a   restraining   order   from   possessing  or
           controlling  firearms   applies   to  orders  under
           sections 580-10(d) and  604-10.5,  as well as under
           chapter 586, HRS.


           (Deferred from February 14 and 18, 2000)

SB 2076       RELATING TO COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION           JDC
           OF A MINOR
           Establishes  commercial  sexual  exploitation  of a
           minor as a class B offense.

SB 2374       RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE                           JDC
           Creates a  new  offense  of  assault  in the fourth
           degree.  Increases the age of  a minor from 8 to 12
           with regard to  offense  against  children.  Raises
           penalties for the offense of  assault in the 1st to
           3rd degrees.


               (Deferred from February 15, 2000)

SB 2151       RELATING TO FIREARMS                             JDC/TIA
           Requires periodic re-registration of firearms.

SB 2127       RELATING TO FIREARMS                             JDC/TIA
           Details  the  circumstances  under  which  and  the
           persons to whom,  the  chiefs  of  police may issue
           licenses to carry  a  concealed  weapon or firearm;
           details   processes   for   license   applications,
           renewals, and record  keeping; authorizes person to
           carry stun gun or other electric gun for defensive,
           nonlethal  purposes;   specifies   instances  where
           carrying concealed weapons and firearms is strictly
           prohibited.

(Please note:  The Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental
Affairs deferred decision making on the above measures.)


 
SB 181        RELATING TO AMMUNITION                               JDC
           Makes it  a  misdemeanor  for  any  person  to sell
           ammunition for  any  firearm  to  any person except
           upon proof  that  the  purchaser  is the registered
           owner of the  firearm  for  which the ammunition is
           being purchased or, in the case of ammunition for a
           rifle or shotgun  acquired  prior  to 7/1/94, dated
           sales receipt for  firearm,  other written valuable
           indicia of ownership, or a certificate of ownership
           issued   by   county   police   chief.     Requires
           recordkeeping.

SB 182        RELATING TO STORAGE OF FIREARMS                      JDC
           Requires  storage   of   firearms  in  commercially
           manufactured   firearm    safe,    or   locked   in
           commercially  manufactured  gun  rack,  that cannot
           readily be removed from the premises.

                No testimony will be accepted.


For further information, please call the committee clerk at 586-6911.