Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2244, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to require the deletion of digitized arrest records, rather than the return of hard copy materials, if applicable. This measure also limits the return of fingerprints or photographs to those persons entitled to expungements who have no record of conviction for crimes.

When this measure was heard in its original form, concerns were raised as to prohibiting a person who has a previous conviction and who is arrested for reasons unrelated to the previous conviction from seeking to expunge his or her record. Your Committee on Conference finds that such provisions should be removed.

Your Committee on Conference amended this measure to insert the contents of S.B. No. 588, S.D. 1, which allows for the expungement of violations upon written application to the Attorney General and for the deletion of digitized records. Your Committee on Conference also amended this measure to make technical, nonsubstantive changes.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2244, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2244, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.