STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2737

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2847

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2847 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SAFETY ACT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the Attorney General to issue firearm qualification certifications to qualified retired law enforcement officers.

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

Your Committee finds that the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 (LEOSA) authorizes, among other things, retired law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms nationwide. The LEOSA outlines detailed criteria that a qualified law enforcement officer must meet to be able to carry a concealed firearm. Your Committee further finds that in 2008, the Department of the Attorney General set up a LEOSA firearm qualification certification program to comply with the federal Act and enable the Department of the Attorney General to issue qualification certifications to qualified retired law enforcement officers in the State. In 2014, the Department of the Attorney General entered into a memorandum of understanding with each of the county police chiefs to acknowledge and recognize the LEOSA certification program. This measure will codify the existing LEOSA certification program that is being operated by the Department of the Attorney General to issue certifications to qualified retired law enforcement officers.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2847, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2847, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs,

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CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair