STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2569

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 3146

       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. 3146 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to criminalize the human consumption of cats and dogs.

     Your Committee received testimony supporting this measure from Aloha4animals2, Animal Rights Hawaii, and three concerned individuals.

     Your Committee finds that the recent news of the cruel slaughter and consumption of a pet dog justifies the criminalization of the human consumption of cats and dogs.  This measure makes this offense a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment of up to one year and a fine of up to $2,000.

     Your Committee has amended the measure by:

(1)  Including horses in the offense of human consumption of cats and dogs and in the definition of "pet animal" under chapter 711, Hawaii Revised Statutes; and

(2)  Making technical changes that have no substantive effect.

     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. 3146, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3146, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair