Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2430, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to direct the Judiciary to notify the county clerk of a felony conviction at the actual time the felon is sentenced.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Office of Elections, the Office of the City Clerk of the City and County of Honolulu, the Office of the County Clerk for the County of Maui, the Elections Division of the Office of the County Clerk for the County of Kauai, and the Association of Clerks and Elections Officers of Hawaii. The Judiciary submitted comments on this measure.

Your Committee finds that section 831-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, limits the voting rights for persons sentenced for a felony from the time of the person's sentence until discharge or suspension of the sentence.

In order to comply with section 831-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, your Committee has amended this measure to require the Hawaii Paroling Authority to submit reports to the county clerks when granting or revoking parole.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2430, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2430, S.D. 2.