STAND. COM. REP. NO.
Honolulu, Hawaii
MAR27 , 2025
RE: H.R. No. 91
H.D. 1
Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty—Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2025
State of Hawaii
Madame:
Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.R. No.
91 entitled:
“HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO
PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH INFORMATION PERTAINING TO CHANGES TO
GUN SAFETY AND STORAGE LAWS,”
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of
Education to provide students with information pertaining to
changes to gun safety and storage laws.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from one individual.
Your Committee finds that the presence of unsecured or
improperly stored firearms significantly increase the risk of
unintentional injuries and death among children. To address the
prevalence of unsecured or improperly stored firearms, numerous
states, including Hawaii, have passed or are considering the
passage of secure storage laws to prevent unauthorized firearm
access by children. Your Committee believes that parents and
members of households should be actively updated as to any changes
to gun safety requirements, including secure storage laws, and
finds that the Department of Education is best situated to inform
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students, parents, and educators on gun safety and storage laws,
including any updates to those laws.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Clarifying that the Department of Education is requested
to post publicly accessible information on its website
pertaining to changes to gun safety and storage laws,
rather than provide the information to students, to
ensure that students, parents, and educators have up-to-
date resources on secure firearm storage requirements;
and
(2) Amending its title in accordance with its amended
purpose.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your
Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 91, as
amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached
hereto as H.R. No. 91, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on
behalf of the members of the
Committee on Education,
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4 IJUST1N H. WOODSON, Chair
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The Thirty-third Legislature
Record of Votes of the Committee on Education
Bill/Resolution No.: Committee Referral: Date:
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D The committee is reconsidering its previous decision on the measure.
The recommendation is to: C Pass, unamended (as is) ‘~, with amendments (HD) C Hold
0 Pass short form bill with HD to recommit for future public hearing (recommit)
EDN Members Ayes Ayes (WR) Nays Excused
1. WOODSON, Justin H. (C)
2. LA CHICA, Trish (VC)
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3. AMATO, Terez
4. EVSLIN, Luke A.
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5. GARRETT, Andrew Takuya
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6. KAPELA, Jeanne
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7. KILA, Darius K.
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8. OLDS, Ikaika
9. SAYAMA, Jackson D. jXD
10. MURAOKA, Christopher L. “XD
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11. SOUZA, Kanani
TOTAL (11) —‘7
The recommendation is: ~~Adopted LI Not Adopted
If joint referral, did not support recommendation.
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Vice Chair’s or designee’s signature:
Distribution: Original (White) Commit
— Du icjte (Yellow) — Chief Clerk’s Office Duplicate (Pink) — HMSO
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