STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2395

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2818

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 2818 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to continue the work of the Hawaii Anti-Trafficking Task Force until June 30, 2010.

     This measure would also:

     (1)  Add members to the Task Force;

(2)  Require the Task Force to provide a final report to the Legislature for the regular session of 2010; and

(3)  Appropriate funds for the travel and clerical expenses of the Task Force.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of the Attorney General, the Crime Victim Compensation Commission, the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu, the Domestic Violence Action Center, and a concerned citizen.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Adding the state Public Defender as a member of the Task Force;

(2)  Deleting Sisters Offering Support from the Task Force as that organization no longer exists;

(3)  Amending the reference to the Domestic Violence Clearinghouse and Legal Hotline to the Domestic Violence Action Center to reflect a recent name change;

(4)  Adding a proviso to the effective date section of the bill to ensure that the date on which the Task Force was originally scheduled to cease existence is amended prior to the arrival of that original date; and

(5)  Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2818, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2818, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair