REPORT TITLE:
Victim/Witness Grand Jury
Testimony


DESCRIPTION:
Provides that victims and witnesses can testify at grand jury
proceedings by video conferencing technology. (SD1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           2637
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO VICTIMS AND WITNESSES.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1. Chapter 801D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended
 
 2 by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to
 
 3 read as follows:
 
 4      "§801D-     Videoconferencing; grand jury proceedings.
 
 5 Victims and witnesses shall have the right to testify by video
 
 6 conferencing technology at grand jury proceedings; provided that
 
 7 such testimony shall be viewed by the grand jury."
 
 8      SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.
 
 9      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.