Bump this up. Come down if you can make it. Spread the word.

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I'm gonna guess the amendment was to replace the word "may" on page 3 line 12 with the work "will".     Reb Bob McDermott was true to his word, and voted nay.   

9 Every person registering a firearm under this subsection
10 shall be fingerprinted and photographed by the police department
11 of the county of registration; provided that this requirement
12 may be waived where fingerprints and photographs are already on
13 file with the police department. The police department shall
14 perform an inquiry on the person by using the National Instant
15 Criminal Background Check System before any determination to
16 register a firearm is made."

3/14/13 SB69: The committees on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Aquino, Ing, Hashem, Nakashima, Yamane, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) McDermott; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Takumi.
14 March 2013, 3:00 am

3/14/13 SB69: House Status Update

Source: SB69 Status Feed

3/15/13 SB69: Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 984) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
15 March 2013, 3:00 am

3/15/13 SB69: House Status Update

Source: SB69 Status Feed

The House Draft of 69 is out.  The only two changes that I see after committee amended:
1.Changing the wording to clarify that folks with fingerprints already on record w/ respective county police dept. SHALL be waived from having to file fingerprints again. 
2. The effective (start) date was changed from 2050 (to allow time for discussion) to July 2013.

I arrived there late due to traffic and parking issues but heard not to many actually testified in person  A friend told me that the chair called my name since I indicated I was testifying in person...  Stuck around to hear the voting and to my understanding the amendments proposed by the HRA is what the chair and members agreed to use. 

This thread just makes me sad

3/15/13 SB69: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with Representative(s) Carroll, Fale, Fukumoto, Hanohano, Kawakami, McKelvey, Morikawa, Tokioka voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) McDermott voting no (1) and Representative(s) Mizuno, Oshiro, Takai excused (3).
15 March 2013, 3:00 am

3/15/13 SB69: House Status Update

Source: SB69 Status Feed

The hearing date set:  3/15/2013   H   Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Tuesday, 03-19-13 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
...and Rep. Karl Rhoads is the JUD Chair...  I've never even got an auto respond bot reply from my various emails to him......

3/15/13 SB69: Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Tuesday, 03-19-13  2:00PM in House conference room 325.
15 March 2013, 3:00 am

3/15/13 SB69: House Status Update

Source: SB69 Status Feed

Received this email from Senator Kidani who is one of two Senators voting against this bill.

Aloha,

Thank you for your email re: SB69 relating to firearms registration that was considered by the Senate last Tuesday.

I voted NO on this bill, but it was passed over to the House with amendments that did address some of my concerns.  It is scheduled for hearing in the House committee tomorrow.  I will review the final draft if it comes back to us for another vote.  Please let me know if you still oppose SB69 in its current version.

You can follow the movement of this bill by linking to the Legislature's web site:  http://capitol.hawaii.gov and entering the bill number in the appropriate box.

Mahalo for contacting me about this issue.


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Senator Michelle Kidani
18th Senatorial District
Hawaii State Capitol, Room 228
Honolulu, Hi 96813
Voice (808) 586-7100 | Fax (808) 586-7109
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - malama our aina for our keiki

Ask them to take off photographing also.

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I emailed everyone on JUD a week ago today, knowing if it passed out of PBS they would be getting it.  The only person who replied wast Rep Bob McDermott.  He said he was also opposed, and voted as such at PBS meeting. I've submitted written testimony for tomorrow's meeting, but can't be there to testify in person.  I'm thinking Bob McDermott will again say no tomorrow, but I doubt it will help.

I'm at least slightly pleased that Rep Cynthia Thielen replied to someone on this.  I'm pretty sure what her reply below translates to. Support. 

Dr Cooper, while testifying, did say while he was not in any way representing the NRA, but he did say he was an NRA member and noted the NRA were in opposition.  HRA/Dr Cooper were in support w/ amendments.  The PBS amended based on HRA suggestions.  Dr Cooper didn't address the effective date in his oral testimony. ... that was also changed from 2050 to July 2013 at PBS last Thursday.

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3/19/13 SB69: The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Rhoads, Har, Belatti, Brower, Cabanilla, Carroll, Ito, Kawakami, C. Lee, Tsuji, Wooley, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) McDermott; and  Excused: none.
19 March 2013, 3:00 am

3/19/13 SB69: House Status Update

Source: SB69 Status Feed

Rhoads needs to get voted out of office