STAND. COM. REP. NO.  800

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 456

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 456 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Require police departments to disclose to the Legislature the identity of an officer upon the officer's second suspension in a five-year period or discharge; and

 

     (2)  Require disclosure under the Uniform Information Practices Act of certain information related to employment misconduct, after a police officer's second suspension in a five-year period.

 

     The Office of Information Practices, Honolulu Police Department, and Society of Professional Journalists testified in support of this measure.  The State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers, The Civil Beat Law Center for the Public Interest, and one concerned individual testified in opposition to this measure.  The League of Women Voters of Hawaii provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050 to encourage further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 456, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 456, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair