STAND. COM. REP. NO.  793

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 516

      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. 516 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SEXUAL OFFENDERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to place on lifetime parole, upon release from prison, repeat sexual offenders who have been convicted on two prior and separate occasions for certain offenses.  This measure also allows these offenders to challenge the applicability of lifetime parole.

     The Hawaii Paroling Authority supported the intent of this bill.  The Office of the Public Defender opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2112, to encourage further discussion.

     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. 516, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 516, 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