Senate committee advances three bills with amendments, defers two for further drafting

The Senate Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs met in an abbreviated session due to weather and acted on multiple bills.

Key outcomes: the committee voted to recommend passage, with amendments, of House Bill 2,062 (funding for temporary restraining and gun‑violence protective order processing and public‑awareness campaigns), House Bill 19‑57 (safe entryways enforcement procedures for large cities), and House Bill 25‑03 (civil asset forfeiture for felony-level fireworks offenses). The committee changed defective effective dates noted on the record to July 1, 2055 for bills with defective dates.

Two measures were deferred for further consideration: House Bill 25‑81 (emergency management, to clarify emergency/disaster definitions and limit extraordinary executive powers) and House Bill 24‑98 (care homes, creating a Central Oahu care-home resilience pilot). Chair Fukunaga said both would be taken up Monday, March 23 at 3 p.m. in Conference Room 016.

The record for HB 2,062 shows the clerk called a vote and recorded multiple 'aye' votes and one 'no'; specific counts and individual roll-call details for some other bills were not fully read on the record. Chair Fukunaga also reported the committee received a substantial volume of written testimony on HB 2,062 (60 in support, 47 opposed, 1 comment).

The committee closed the session after adopting recommendations and encouraged safe travel given weather conditions.