Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Science, Arts, and Technology, to which was referred H.B. No. 1796, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to protect individual privacy by including digital recordings and the use of telecommunication devices in making and transmitting these digital recordings part of the offense of violation of privacy.

Testimony in support of the measure was received from the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women; the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney for the City and County of Honolulu; the Honolulu Police Department; T-Mobile USA, Inc.; and two individuals.

Your Committee finds that this measure is designed to keep pace with the advancements in telecommunication devices, in particular cellular phones, capable of capturing and transmitting photographic images. This measure is designed to prevent the misuse of these telecommunication devices.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Science, Arts, and Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1796, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.