STAND. COM. REP. NO. 842

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1037

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 1037, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIREARMS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Require the firearms permit issuing authority to notify the prosecuting attorney of the county of the issuing authority, the United States Attorney's Office in Hawaii, and the Department of Public Safety if an applicant is denied a permit because the applicant is prohibited from owning, possessing, receiving, or controlling a firearm under federal or state law;

 

     (2)  Require the firearms permit issuing authority to notify the court that issued a protective or restraining order on an applicant, as applicable, upon notification of a permit denial; and

 

     (3)  Require the Department of Public Safety to notify the probation or parole officer of an applicant, if applicable, upon notification of a permit denial.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Judiciary, American Medical Response, Keiki Injury Prevention Coalition, Everytown for Gun Safety, Hawaii Friends of Civil Rights, and twenty-four individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds that a robust regulatory framework for firearm ownership is essential to protecting the public health, safety, and welfare.  Such a regulatory framework should include identification of individuals who attempt to apply for and are denied a permit because they are prohibited from owning, possessing, receiving, or controlling a firearm under federal or state law.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Requiring the firearm permit issuing authority to notify the prosecuting attorney of the county of the issuing authority, the United States Attorney's Office in Hawaii, and the Department of Public Safety within ten business days of the date of denial; and

 

     (2)  Requiring the firearm permit issuing authority to notify the court that issued a protective or restraining order on an applicant within three business days of the date of denial.

 

     Your Committee notes that it has concerns regarding the impact of this measure on the various agencies and the actions that the agencies will take after receiving notification.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1037, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1037, S.D. 2.

 


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

 

 

 

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GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Chair