STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2240

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2895

       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 Agriculture and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2895 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to add horses to the list of animals designated as pet animals under the law pertaining to offenses relating to cruelty to animals.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Hawaiian Humane Society and two individuals.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Deleting the proposed amendment that would have added horses to the definition of pet animal; and

     (2)  Adding equine animals to those protected under the law regarding the criminal offense of cruelty to animals in the first degree.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Agriculture and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2895, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2895, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Labor.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Agriculture and Hawaiian Affairs,

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JILL TOKUDA, Chair