STAND. COM. REP. NO.  815

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 330

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 330 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROSTITUTION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to make a third and subsequent conviction for prostitution and loitering to engage in or advance prostitution a class C felony.  This measure also enhances the penalties for loitering to engage in or advance prostitution by conforming them to the penalties for prostitution.

     The Honolulu Police Department, Building Owners and Managers Association-Hawaii, Inc., Downtown Neighborhood Board No. 13, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Office of the Public Defender and a concerned individual opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to January 1, 2112, 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 Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 330, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 330, 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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TOMMY WATERS, Chair