CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 36-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: H.B. No. 2683
S.D. 1
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. 2683, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DEFERRED ACCEPTANCE OF GUILTY PLEA AND DEFERRED ACCEPTANCE OF NOLO CONTENDERE PLEA,"
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) Preclude deferred acceptance of guilty (DAG) and deferred acceptance of nolo contendere (DANC) pleas for offenses involving substantial bodily injury; and
(2) Add new subsections to section 853-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, expanding the offenses for which DAG and DANC pleas do not apply.
Your Committee on Conference finds that revising the statute regarding DAG and DANC pleas to make the relief available only for a few offenses is a radical departure in policy, and that DAG and DANC pleas should be allowed except for specific offenses.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by deleting its contents and inserting provisions precluding DAG and DANC pleas for offenses involving substantial bodily injury.
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. 2683, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2683, 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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____________________________ COLLEEN HANABUSA, Chair |
____________________________ BLAKE K. OSHIRO, Chair |
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