STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3854

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 1991

H.D. 2

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1991, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

(1) Prohibit, in counties with a population of five hundred thousand or more, the sale of a bicycle that is reported as stolen and listed on a publicly available online stolen item database;

(2) Require the police department in counties with a population of five hundred thousand or more to establish the publicly available online stolen bicycle database; and

(3) Update the recordkeeping and retention requirements for businesses that purchase previously owned articles.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from two individuals.

Your Committee finds that the theft of a bicycle is the loss of valuable property and the loss of an important means of transportation. Additionally, bicycle thefts further impact the State's sustainability goals of reducing carbon emissions and utilizing low carbon transportation as residents are inhibited in investing in and using bicycles for transportation. Your Committee further finds that reducing resale opportunities for stolen items is one way to decrease the motivation to steal them. Your Committee believes that the creation of a publicly available database of stolen bicycle serial and emblem numbers would help deter the theft of bicycles and the resale of stolen bicycles. This measure will deter the theft of personal items.

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 Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1991, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1991, H.D. 2, S.D. 2.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair