Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2055 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to provide funding to the Department of the Attorney General for sexual assault services in the state.

The Department of Prosecuting Attorney, City and County of Honolulu and the Sex Abuse Treatment Center submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Department of the Attorney General supported the intent of this bill.

Act 133, Session Laws of Hawaii 2005, provides that the Department of the Attorney General may administer programs for the prevention of sexual violence and protection and treatment of victims of sexual violence. However, Act 133 did not provide funding for these programs. The appropriation in this bill provides funding for these programs, but the bill does not explain that.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

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. 2055, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2055, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.