STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3068

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.C.R. No. 114
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Judiciary and Health and Human Services,
to which was referred S.C.R. No. 114 entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE ATTORNEY
     GENERAL TO CONTINUE THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WORKING GROUP
     ESTABLISHED IN 1999 BY THE HAWAII STATE LEGISLATURE AND
     EXPAND THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE GROUP,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to establish a
2000 Domestic Violence Working Group to oversee the
implementation of the recommendations in the "Domestic Violence
and Criminal Justice System in Hawaii" report, act as the
coordinating body for the monitoring and assessment of that
process, and further, to coordinate an examination of practices
and procedures as they relate to children and youth involved in
domestic violence situations.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Department of the Attorney General, the Department of Human
Services, the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women,
Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the Department
of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu,
Child and Family Services, and the Domestic Violence
Clearinghouse and Legal Hotline.  One individual submitted
comments on this measure.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Judiciary and Health and Human Services that are

 
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attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent
and purpose of S.C.R. No. 114, and recommend that it be referred
to the Committee on Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Judiciary and
                                   Health and Human Services,



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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair        AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair


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                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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