THE SENATE
                THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                 REGULAR SESSION OF 2000

     MEASURES DEFERRED TO FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2000

                 COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
                        9:30 a.m.
                   Conference Room 229


        DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURES
            (Deferred from February 7, 2000)


SB 2065       RELATING TO ABUSE OF FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS     JDC
           Creates three new classes  of offenses for abuse of
           family or household  members;  authorizes police to
           order  person  to  leave  premises  if  officer has
           reasonable grounds to  believe  infliction of abuse
           is imminent; repeals current law on abuse of family
           or household members, section 709-906, HRS.

SB 2153       RELATING TO ABUSE OF FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS     JDC
           Creates 3 classifications  of  offense  of abuse of
           family  or  household  member:    class  C felony,
           misdemeanor, and petty misdemeanor.

SB 2066       RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE PROTECTIVE ORDERS         JDC
           Amends definition of  "family or household members"
           to  include   
persons   in  dating  relationships;
           defines "dating  relationships";  extends effective
           time of TROs to 180  days; requires courts to issue
           protective orders for  minimum  period  of 5 years;
           authorizes longer  extension  period for protective
           orders.

SB 2154       RELATING TO PROTECTIVE ORDERS                        JDC
           Includes  "dating   relationship"  within  domestic
           abuse protective  orders.    Provides  for extended
           protective  orders  for   10-year  period.    Makes
           penalties  for   violation   of  protective  orders
           consistent with  those  for  violation of temporary
           restraining orders.  Requires full faith and credit
           be given to foreign protective orders.

SB 2070       RELATING TO FIREARMS                                 JDC
           Repeals  good  cause  exemption  for  possession of
           firearms by  a  person  who  is  the  subject  of a
           restraining order. 


 
SB 2155       RELATING TO FIREARMS                                 JDC
           Clarifies that the  prohibition  on persons subject
           to  a   restraining   order   from   possessing  or
           controlling  firearms   applies   to  orders  under
           sections 580-10(d) and  604-10.5,  as well as under
           chapter 586, HRS.

SB 2081       RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE                   JDC, WAM
           Provides an income tax credit for donations made to
           domestic violence programs.

SB 2082       RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE                   JDC, WAM
           Appropriates funds to  family  court to establish a
           dedicated domestic  violence  court  and to provide
           related services.

SB 2026       RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE PROTECTIVE ORDERS         JDC
           Requires  evidence  of   at  least  one  documented
           incident  of  domestic  abuse  to  issue protective
           order; makes penal  offense  of  false reporting of
           domestic abuse incident.

SB 2069       RELATING TO PROBATION                                JDC
           Authorizes probation  officers  to  inform domestic
           violence  victims,  their   parents,  or  immediate
           family when  defendant  violates  probation or when
           probation  officers  have  information  relating to
           victim's safety and welfare.

SB 3024       RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE                        JDC
           Clarifies the family or  household member abuse law
           regarding  repeat   offenders   and   eliminates  a
           loophole for felony level offenders.


              No testimony will be accepted.


For further information, please call  the committee clerk at 586-
6911.