STAND. COM. REP. NO.  611-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1849

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 1849 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to require:

 

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

 

     (2)  Disclosure under the Uniform Information Practices Act after a police officer's second suspension in a five-year period.

 

     The Office of Information Practices and an individual testified in support of this measure.  The League of Women Voters of Hawaii testified in support of the intent of this measure.  The Civil Beat Law Center for the Public Interest opposed this measure.  The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii commented on this measure.

 

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

 

     Should this measure proceed further in the legislative process, your Committee respectfully requests your Committee on Judiciary to consider the concerns raised in testimony by The Civil Beat Law Center for the Public Interest.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1849, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1849, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

 

 

 

 

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair