Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2315 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of the bill is to:

Your Committee received testimony in support of the measure from the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney for the City and County of Honolulu. The Hawaii Carpenter's Union provided testimony in opposition to the measure. The ILWU and the Hawaii State AFL-CIO provided testimony raising concerns on the measure.

Your Committee finds that there may be a need to redefine the offense of refusal to provide ingress or egress, however there is no apparent need to include in the term for "law enforcement officer" those officers from the "United States". Further, your Committee finds that there is no compelling reason to alter the penalty provisions concerning this offense.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

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 H.B. No. 2315, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2315, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.