Day care liability legislation awaits Ige’s signature ADVERTISING Day care liability legislation awaits Ige’s signature HONOLULU (AP) — A bill requiring Hawaii child care providers to obtain liability insurance passed its final reading in the House. The bill is awaiting
Day care liability legislation awaits Ige’s signature
HONOLULU (AP) — A bill requiring Hawaii child care providers to obtain liability insurance passed its final reading in the House.
The bill is awaiting Gov. David Ige’s signature to go into effect. The bill would increase oversight and help families of children hurt at day care, supporters said.
It would be known as the “Wiley Muir Act” in honor of a 4-month-old boy who died in 2014 at a Honolulu day care.
The state Department of Human Services stated there are roughly 390 registered child care homes and six licensed group child care facilities in Hawaii.
The agency supports the intent of the bill, but said the costs of obtaining liability insurance might reduce the number of day cares available and parents might pay more for services.
Court upholds police refusal to let man own firearms
HONOLULU (AP) — A federal appeals court upheld the Honolulu Police Department’s refusal to let a man who was convicted of misdemeanor harassment own firearms.
Of the three judges on the panel Friday in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, one criticized state law for imposing a lifetime ban on the right to bear arms for committing a misdemeanor.
Kirk Fisher was attempting to again possess a firearm after surrendering his because of a 1997 arrest for harassing his wife and daughter.
State law prohibits anybody convicted of a crime of violence, or misdemeanor domestic violence, from ever again owning a firearm.
Fisher pleaded guilty to two counts of harassment and was sentenced to six months of probation.
He was given his firearms back after serving his sentence. But when he tried to possess another gun in 2009, the police department refused and made him get rid of the guns that were given back to him.
Fisher filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in 2011 against the department and the city. In 2014, a U.S. District Court judge ruled in favor of the city, so Fisher appealed.
All three appeals court judges ruled against Fisher, despite Judge Alex Kozinski criticizing the state law.
