STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1679-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.B. No. 2212

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2212, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIME,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to protect minors by strengthening the laws prohibiting sexual exploitation of a minor and certain activities associated with human trafficking.

     The Attorney General, Crime Victim Compensation Commission, Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu, Honolulu Police Department, Sex Abuse Treatment Center, Hawaii Family Forum, Hawaii Catholic Conference, Safe Zone Foundation, Girl Fest Hawaii, Soroptimist International of Central Oahu, and a concerned individual supported this bill.  The Office of the Public Defender did not support this bill.  The Domestic Violence Action Center submitted comments.

     Upon further consideration and in light of testimony submitted during the public hearing, your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Deleting the provisions that establish the offense of sexual exploitation of a minor, including any statutory references to this offense;

     (2)  Deleting the provision that adds the offense of promoting prostitution in the first degree to the list of violent crimes for which compensation may be required to be provided to victims and their dependents; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

     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 S.B. No. 2212, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2212, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair