Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1763 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to create a class B felony offense of criminal impersonation that prohibits using a computer while impersonating another for the purpose of committing a sexual offense against a minor under age 16.

Your Committee circulated a proposed draft that deleted the contents of this bill, replacing them with provisions that would establish a committee to conduct a comprehensive review of the Hawaii Penal Code and report back to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the 2006 Regular Session.

The Office of the Public Defender testified in support of the proposed draft of this measure. The Judiciary and the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney offered comments.

Your Committee discussed the possibility of including individuals and groups representing the interests of crime victims on the review committee. However, your Committee decided not to include representatives of these groups at this time.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1763, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1763, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.