Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

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. 1462, S.D. 1, entitled:

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 measure is to allow the Attorney General to administer programs for the prevention of sexual violence and clarifies and strengthens the Voluntary Response Program.

Your Committee has amended the measure by substituting the amendments to the Voluntary Response Program with S.B. No. 788, S.D.1, H.D.1., relating to the Voluntary Response Program.

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. 1462, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1462, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.