SCR 229 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

REQUESTING EACH COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE STATE TO PURCHASE AND DEPLOY EXPLOSION DETECTION TECHNOLOGY TO LOCATE AND RESPOND TO EXPLOSIONS CAUSED BY THE ILLEGAL USE OF FIREARMS AND FIREWORKS.

This non-binding resolution requests all Hawaii county police departments to purchase and deploy explosion detection technology to locate and respond to explosions from illegal firearms and fireworks. It specifically asks departments to adopt systems like ShotSpotter (cited as a widely used example) that can identify explosion sources within 40 seconds, improving response times. The resolution also requires police chiefs to provide officer training on using this technology. It does not mandate funding or require specific vendors, but encourages adoption based on reported benefits observed in other jurisdictions.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 7, 2025 Last action Apr 4, 2025

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MINOR

The bill was reformatted from a traditional legislative document to a structured digital template with metadata fields, while the core resolution text requesting county police departments to purchase explosion detection technology remains substantively unchanged. The formatting change converts the document into a more machine-readable format with standardized fields for tracking, but does not alter the policy requirements or scope of the resolution.

Scope change

No substantive scope change; the bill's applicability to county police departments and its request for explosion detection technology remains identical. The change is purely in document format and metadata structure.

TECHNICAL

Document format changed from traditional legislative markup to structured digital template with metadata fields including timestamps, version numbers, and document identifiers.

Resolution text formatting changed from numbered clause format to paragraph-based layout with special character markers (��) for WHEREAS and BE IT RESOLVED sections.

Added metadata fields including document version numbers, timestamps, and template revision identifiers for digital tracking purposes.

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This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.

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Committee

Apr 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to JHA, referral sheet 28

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Introduced

Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 445) in amended form (SD 1).

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report and Resolution Adopted as amended (SD1). Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Transmitted to House.

upper

Mar 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from EIG/PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1413) with recommendation of adoption, as amended (SD 1).

upper

Mar 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Wakai, Fukunaga, Rhoads, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Mar 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EIG were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Chang, Richards, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite.

upper

Mar 18, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EIG/PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-21-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 12, 2025

Committee

Referred to EIG/PSM.

upper

Mar 7, 2025

Introduced

Offered.

upper

3 primary · 0 co-sponsors