Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs and Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 3244, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to prevent further occurrences of electronic commerce-based crimes in the State by supporting the efforts of the Hawaii Anti-Phishing Task Force.

Specifically, this measure:

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of the Attorney General, the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, the Consumer Data Industry Association, the Hawaii Bankers Association, and the Hawaii Financial Services Association. The Judiciary submitted comments on this measure.

The Anti-Phishing Task Force, established in 2005, has done a commendable job of examining the problems of identity theft and electronic commerce-based crimes. However, the task force's work is not done. Your Committees find that changing the task force's name to the Identity Theft Task Force, extending its life to December 31, 2007, adding additional members, and expanding its responsibilities will allow the task force to continue to make recommendations on how the State can combat further occurrences of identity theft.

Your Committees have amended this measure in accordance with testimony from the Judiciary to change the Judiciary's representative in the task force from the chief justice or the chief justice's designee to the administrative director or the administrative director's designee. Your Committees have also amended this measure to blank out all appropriation amounts.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs and Ways and Means that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 3244, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 3244, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.