Report Title:
Sex Offender Registration; Expungement
Description:
Authorizes the attorney general to expunge sex offender registration information upon the written request of a sex offender who has not been convicted of any felony, misdemeanor, or petty misdemeanor for the last twenty years.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
1545 |
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TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to CRIMINAL RECORDS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 846E-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§846E-2 Registration requirements[.]; expungement of records. (a) A sex offender shall register with the attorney general and comply with the provisions of this chapter for life[.], except as provided in subsection (c).
(b) Registration information for each sex offender shall consist of a recent photograph, verified fingerprints, and a signed statement by the sex offender containing:
(1) Name and all aliases used by the sex offender or under which the sex offender has been known and other identifying information, including date of birth, social security number, sex, race, height, weight, and hair and eye color;
(2) The legal address and telephone number of the sex offender's residence or mailing address, or any current, temporary address where the sex offender resides, and for each address how long the sex offender has resided there;
(3) The legal address and telephone number where the sex offender is staying for a period of more than ten days, if other than the stated residence;
(4) The future address and telephone number where the sex offender is planning to reside, if other than the stated residence;
(5) Names and legal addresses of current and known future employers and the starting and ending dates of any such employment;
(6) The year, make, model, color, and license number of all vehicles currently owned or operated by the sex offender;
(7) A summary of the criminal offenses against victims who were minors and sexually violent offenses for which the sex offender has been convicted or found unfit to proceed or acquitted pursuant to chapter 704;
(8) A statement indicating whether the sex offender has received or is currently receiving treatment for mental abnormality or personality disorder;
(9) A statement indicating whether the sex offender is a United States citizen; and
(10) Any additional identifying information about the sex offender.
(c) Upon the written request to the attorney general for expungement of the information registered pursuant to this chapter by a sex offender who has not been convicted of any felony, misdemeanor, or petty misdemeanor for twenty years since the last conviction of the sex offender excluding any period that the sex offender was incarcerated, the attorney general shall, with the intent to restore the sex offender to the status occupied immediately prior to registration, cause the expungement of the registration information, as amended, from state and county records, all law enforcement agencies known to have the registration information, including the Hawaii criminal justice data center and the Federal Bureau of Investigation."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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