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. 313 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to establish as a misdemeanor offense, the misuse of the 9-1-1 telephone service by knowingly causing a false alarm or making a false complaint or report.

The Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, Kauai Prosecuting Attorney, Maui, Big Island, and Honolulu Police Departments, and American Heart Association testified in support of the measure.

Your Committee finds that this measure will prevent public safety agencies from wasting their time on false alarms and ensure that legitimate emergency requests are not hampered by the abuse of this emergency system.

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. 313 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.