STAND. COM. REP. NO. 704
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 588
H.D. 1
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 H.B. No. 588 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EXPUNGEMENTS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Allow for the deletion of digitized records of an expunged arrest, in lieu of the return of hard copy materials, when applicable; and
(2) Prevent the expungement of records of violations that have resulted in convictions by clarifying the definition of "crime" as it relates to expungeable offenses.
The Department of the Attorney General testified in support of this bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Clarifying that an expungement order shall not be issued in the case of a person convicted of a violation, instead of amending the definition of "crime"; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
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. 588, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 588, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
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