THE SENATE
                 THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                  REGULAR SESSION OF 2000


               SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
            Senator Avery B. Chumbley, Co-Chair
          Senator Matthew M. Matsunaga, Co-Chair

        SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY
                 Senator David Ige, Chair
            Senator Norman Sakamoto, Vice-Chair


                  NOTICE OF JOINT HEARING

        DATE:    Monday, February 14, 2000

        TIME:    9:00 a.m.

        PLACE:   Conference Room 229
                 State Capitol
                 415 South Beretania Street



                        A G E N D A

JDC/EDU

SB 3047    RELATING TO SEX OFFENDERS                 JDC/EDU, WAM
        Authorizes state agencies to make detailed information
        about criminal sex offenders available on the
        Internet; appropriates an unspecified amount to
        implement.

JDC ONLY

SB 2994    RELATING TO GENETIC TESTING                   JDC, WAM
        Provides for the genetic testing of certain criminal
        offenders as a condition of probation and parole.
        Establishes the violent offender identification fund
        and the sex offender identification fund.
        Appropriates funds.

SB 2220    RELATING TO THE REMOVAL OF NUISANCE SEAWEED   JDC, WAM
        Allows the director of public safety, with the
        approval of the governor, to enter into an agreement
        with the mayor of a county to use inmate labor from a
        community correctional center to remove nuisance
        seaweed from the shoreline and nearshore waters of the
        State.

 
SB 2025    RELATING TO PAROLE                            JDC, WAM
        Allows for earned early release from minimum term for
        good time credit.

SB 2074    RELATING TO CORRECTIONS                       JDC, WAM
        Provides for female parity in corrections.

SB 2428    MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR CRIME PREVENTION  JDC, WAM
        THROUGH THE REHABILITATION OF YOUTH GANG MEMBERS
        Appropriates $500,000 to be expended by the family
        court to implement a youth gang rehabilitation program
        based on the Redirectional Method.

SB 2431    RELATING TO SEX OFFENDERS                          JDC
        Requires lifetime parole for second time felony sex
        offenders.

SB 2663    RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY                          JDC
        Disallows the entry of nolo contendere pleas in sexual
        assault cases.

SB 2077    RELATING TO SEX OFFENDERS                          JDC
        Requires persons convicted of sex offenses against
        children to obtain psychiatric or psychological
        therapy upon the completion of their terms of
        imprisonment.

SB 2076    RELATING TO COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION         JDC
        OF A MINOR
        Establishes commercial sexual exploitation of a minor
        as a class B offense.

SB 2374    RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE                         JDC
        Creates a new offense of assault in the fourth degree.
        Increases the age of a minor from 8 to 12 with regard
        to offense against children.  Raises penalties for the
        offense of assault in the 1st to 3rd degrees.


        DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW, IF TIME PERMITS.


Persons wishing to testify should submit 30 copies (1 sided) of
their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 227, State Capitol,
24 hours prior to the hearing. Testimony may also be faxed if
less than 5 pages in length, to the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms
Office at 586-6659 or 1-800-586-6659 (toll free for neighbor
islands), at least 24 hours prior to the hearing.  When faxing,
please indicate to whom the testimony is being submitted, the
date and time of the hearing, and the required number of copies
needed for submittal.


 
If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services
to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign language
interpreter, wheelchair accessibility, or parking designated for
the disabled), please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior
to the hearing so arrangements can be made.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808)
586-6911.



____________________________      _______________________________
Senator Avery B. Chumbley         Senator David Ige
Co-Chair                          Chair



____________________________ 
Senator Matthew M. Matsunaga 
Co-Chair