Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1508, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of the bill is to amend the definition of "substantial bodily injury" in the penal code by deleting the requirement that second degree burns be caused by chemicals, electricity, friction, or scalding.

The Department of the Prosecuting Attorney for the City and County of Honolulu and Office of the Public Defender testified in support of the measure.

Your Committee finds that burns that are substantial bodily injuries are determined by the severity and degree, not by the nature or cause of the injuries.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1508, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.