STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1609-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: S.B. No. 2246
S.D. 1
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2246, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII RELATING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to propose an amendment to Article I of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to provide that the Legislature may define:
(1) What behavior constitutes a continuing course of conduct in sexual assault crimes against minors; and
(2) What constitutes the jury unanimity that is required for a conviction.
The Department of the Attorney General, Crime Victim Compensation Commission, Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu, Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Maui, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Kauai, Honolulu Police Department, The Sex Abuse Treatment Center, Hawaii Family Forum, Hawaii Catholic Conference, and two concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; 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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2246, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2246, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair |
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