Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 1110, S.D. 2, H.D. 3, entitled:

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to ensure Hawaii's children's safety in a child care setting by requiring criminal history and child abuse record checks for child-care providers, with limited checks for specified relatives. This measure also increases penalties for any violation of chapter 346.

Upon further consideration, your Committee on Conference amended this measure, to clarify the provision which requires Hawaii criminal justice data center criminal history record checks to require fingerprinting for full FBI and State criminal history background checks for all exempt providers but excluding the close relatives of the child listed in the measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1110, S.D. 2, H.D. 3, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1110, S.D. 2, H.D. 3, C.D. 1.