Dog the Bounty hunter and his wife Beth are lending their support to a bill that they say many other bounty hunters do not support.
Dog and Beth chapman say the state is missing out on about 9 million dollars in uncollected bond money because of an antiquated system.
They testified this morning in support of senate bill 3068.
If a defendant skips out on their bail, the bail bonds man or bail insurance company is supposed to be held liable.
But the Chapmans say right now that's not happening...and the state is missing out on millions.
"That's a lot of money that goes into the general fund that pays for these programs that are supposed to rehabilitate the people that are charged with crimes," says Beth Chapman, bounty hunter/bail bonds.
"We need to tighten the bail bonds laws up to protect the public and to protect the state of Hawaii," says Duane "dog" Chapman, bounty hunter/bail bondsman.
The bill requires each court in the state to set up a system to collect funds owed to the state by bail bondsmen.
The bill would also make it so that bail bondsmen and their insurance companies who have not settled their unpaid bonds...cannot write any more bonds for defendants.
The measure passed the senate judiciary committee today.
