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 S.B. No. 681 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to clarify the Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) by removing a superfluous definition of "sexual conduct" from section 712-1210, HRS.

The Department of the Attorney General testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee finds that Act 240, Session laws of Hawaii 2002, added a definition of "sexual conduct" to section 712-1210, HRS, which already provided a sufficient definition of that term. This measure would repeal the superfluous definition added by Act 240.

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 S.B. No. 681 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.