CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. -0 32-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 826

H.D. 2

C.D. 1

 

 

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. 826, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE,"

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 include employees and officers of the Department of Public Safety among those who must report child abuse cases and who are authorized to take a victim of child abuse into protective custody.

This measure will increase the number of law enforcement personnel able to respond to and report child abuse cases.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2006.

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. 826, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 826, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

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KEN ITO, Co-Chair

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

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SYLVIA LUKE, Co-Chair

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COLLEEN HANABUSA, Co-Chair