STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2415

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 3182

       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. 3182 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EXTENDED SENTENCING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize imposition of an extended term of imprisonment on a defendant who commits a felony against a good samaritan who intervenes in the commission of certain felonies and uses justifiable force, contacts proper authorities, or uses other lawful means to render aid to the victim.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of the Attorney General, the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu, the Honolulu Police Department, and a concerned citizen.  The State Public Defender submitted testimony in opposition to the measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing the effective date to October 1, 2080, to facilitate further discussion; and

(2)  Making technical nonsubstantive amendments.

     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. 3182, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3182, 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