Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2843, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to propose a constitutional amendment to allow public access to registration information regarding persons convicted of sexual offenses and crimes against children, as determined by the Legislature.

The Department of the Attorney General, Hawaii Law Enforcement Coalition, Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu, Victim Witness Kokua Services Division of the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu, Maui Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, County of Hawaii Police Department, Sex Abuse Treatment Center, Hawaii Family Forum, Honolulu Police Department, and a concerned individual submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Office of the Public Defender opposed this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2843, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.