HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2007

 

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Rep. Tommy Waters, Chair

Rep. Blake K. Oshiro, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Kirk Caldwell

Rep. Joseph M. Souki

Rep. Cindy Evans

Rep. Clift Tsuji

Rep. Josh Green, M.D.

Rep. Ryan I. Yamane

Rep. Ken Ito

Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita

Rep. Sylvia Luke

Rep. Barbara C. Marumoto

Rep. Angus L.K. McKelvey

Rep. Kymberly Marcos Pine

Rep. Hermina M. Morita

Rep. Cynthia Thielen

Rep. Alex M. Sonson

 

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Thursday, February 8th, 2007

TIME:

2:00pm

PLACE:

Conference Room 325

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

HB 969

RELATING TO THE WEED AND SEED STRATEGY.

Appropriates funds as a grant-in-aid to expand the weed and seed program to operate in the communities of Kalihi, Waipahu, and Ewa beach on Oahu, to be expended by the attorney general through a contract with the YMCA of Honolulu.

 

JUD, FIN

HB 354

RELATING TO SENTENCING.

Repeals the law requiring habitual violent offenders to be sentenced to prison for 30 years to life.

 

JUD

HB 376

RELATING TO SENTENCING.

Establishes mandatory minimum terms for certain offenses committed against persons 60 years of age or older.

 

JUD

HB 1702

RELATING TO SENTENCING.

Establishes sentencing guidelines commission and sets forth standards to be applied in developing guidelines for approval by the legislature.  Establishes "truth-in-sentencing" by requiring those persons convicted of a crime and sentenced to prison to serve 85% of the prison term imposed.  "Truth-in-sentencing" provisions effective on 07/01/2009.

 

JUD, FIN

HB 1618

RELATING TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

Establishes a pilot project in the city and county of Honolulu to develop and evaluate a program for the acquisition, placement, operation, and maintenance of video surveillance cameras for the purpose of deterring property damage offenses, especially graffiti, and prosecuting offenders.  Appropriates funds.

 

JUD, FIN

HB 683

RELATING TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

Eliminates the requirement that a conviction have occurred within the 5 years preceding the current offense to be considered a prior offense for purpose of aggravated criminal property damage.

 

JUD

HB 451

RELATING TO GRAFFITI.

Increases penalties for graffiti.

 

JUD

HB 1712

RELATING TO GRAFFITI.

Establishes the graffiti eradication sentencing program within the judiciary, to allow a person who has committed an act of graffiti to discharge a community service sentence through graffiti eradication activities.

 

JUD, FIN

HB 303

RELATING TO THEFT.

Provides that an individual caught with stolen mail belonging to three or more persons in the same or separate incident as part of a common scheme or plan commits second degree theft.

 

JUD

HB 323

RELATING TO AUTOMOBILE THEFT.

Appropriates funds for a grant-in-aid to city and county of Honolulu to establish car baiting pilot program designed to reduce automobile theft on Oahu.

 

JUD, FIN

HB 1758

RELATING TO THEFT IN THE SECOND DEGREE.

Increases the minimum value of theft of property or services from $300 to $1,000 for the offense of theft in the second degree.

 

 

JUD

 

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

 

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Rep. Tommy Waters

Chair