CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. 11
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: H.B. No. 135
H.D. 1
S.D. 1
C.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 135, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL MATCHMAKING ORGANIZATIONS,"
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 the bill is to allow persons living abroad who use for-profit matchmaking services to access criminal convictions and marital history information about prospective spouses residing in the United States.
Your Committee on Conference finds that this measure would provide important protection to foreign residents by providing background information to potential matches from overseas. This measure will provide information to aid in decisions.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:
(1) Deleting the religious organization exemption;
(2) Allowing the Hawaii resident to submit to the matchmaking organization a statement that there is no record of convictions rather than a transcript of any criminal history record;
(3) Requiring that the transcript or statement be sent directly to the organization by the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center;
(4) Deleting reference and amendments made to sections 846-9, 846-10, and 849-10(b), Hawaii Revised Statutes; and
(5) Making technical and nonsubstantive changes for style and clarity.
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 H.B. No. 135, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 135, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
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____________________________ RON MENOR, Chair |
____________________________ ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair |
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____________________________ COLLEEN HANABUSA, Co-Chair |
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