STAND. COM. REP. NO. 391

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 1038

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1038 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOMELAND SECURITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish and appropriate funds for a Targeted Violence Prevention Program within the state Office of Homeland Security;

(2) Mandate reporting by state and county government agencies regarding specific enumerated activity;

(3) Establish the All-Threats or All-Hazards State Reporting System; and

(4) Create two new analyst positions within the state Office of Homeland Security.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Defense, Hawai‘i Office of Homeland Security, and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Office of Information Practices and Civil Beat Law Center for the Public Interest.

Your Committee finds that targeted violence against government agencies, educational institutions, and public spaces is preventable. This measure seeks to prevent targeted violence by establishing a more organized framework for targeted violence prevention efforts at the state level.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Amending the privacy provisions to require the Office of Homeland Security to adopt rules that set forth the standards of disclosure of personally identifiable information in the all-threats or all-hazards statewide reporting system and to disseminate the information pursuant to the adopted rules;

(2) Changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount;

(3) Changing the effective date to June 30, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

Your Committee respectfully requests your Committee on Finance, should it deliberate on this measure, to consider an appropriation amount of $250,000.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1038, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1038, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair