STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1712

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 585
                                     S.D. 1
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No.
585, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SEXUAL OFFENDERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to break the escalating cycle
for misdemeanor sex offenders before they commit more serious
sexual offenses, by requiring that offenders who commit a fourth
offense of sexual assault in the fourth degree participate in
mandatory sex offender assessment and, if recommended based on
this assessment, participate in sex offender treatment.

     The Honolulu Police Department testified in support of this
bill.  The Sex Abuse Treatment Center testified in support of the
intent of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical,
nonsubstantive changes for style, clarity, and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
585, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it
pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 585,
S.D. 1, H.D. 2.


 
 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Finance,



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair