STAND. COM. REP. NO. 575-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 2885

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns, to which was referred H.B. No. 2885 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ADULT ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to protect youth and the general public from exposure to products of an indecent nature by requiring individuals and businesses who sell adult entertainment products to display the products separately and obscurely.

Hawaii Reserves, Inc., and numerous concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Specifying that the display of "X-rated" materials is restricted by this measure; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style and clarity.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2885, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2885, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns,

 

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JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Chair