Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 54 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request that the Legislative Reference Bureau conduct a study of the Reproductive Rights Protection Committee, and provide the legislature with recommendations as to whether there continues to be a need for the committee.

The State Council on Developmental Disabilities and Disability and Communication Access Board provided testimony in support of this measure. The Legislative Reference Bureau provided comments, and indicated that the study would be manageable.

Your Committee is aware of the changes that have occurred since the Reproductive Rights Protection Committee was initially established by statute in 1986, and that the committee has not been required to review a petition in its entirety for the past nine years.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 54 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.