CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 28-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: H.B. No. 2020
H.D. 1
S.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
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. 2020, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROSTITUTION,"
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 bill is to:
(1) Make it a class C felony to sell or offer to sell travel services promoting prostitution; and
(2) Include these activities on the list of prohibited acts for which travel agency registration may be revoked, suspended, or denied renewal.
Your Committee on Conference finds that establishing a new offense of promoting travel for prostitution recognizes that travel businesses should be held accountable for their roles, if any, in encouraging prostitution and the consequent abuse and exploitation of women.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:
(1) Clarifying the meaning of "travel services" as used in the new offense of promoting travel for prostitution;
(2) Deleting the rebuttable presumption that advertisements that include:
(a) The terms "sex tours" or "sex travel"; or
(b) Depictions of genitalia;
are prohibited acts for which travel agency registration may be revoked, suspended, or denied renewal;
(3) Removing amendments that would have added references to promoting travel for prostitution to section 712-1201, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which defines terms related to promoting prostitution; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.
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. 2020, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2020, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, 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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____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Co-Chair |
____________________________ BLAKE K. OSHIRO, Chair |
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____________________________ COLLEEN HANABUSA, Co-Chair |
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