STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2884

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 Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3182, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize extended prison sentences for offenders who commit felonies against good samaritans.

     Specifically, this measure would authorize the imposition of an extended prison sentence where an offender commits a felony against a good samaritan who intervenes in the commission of certain crimes by using justifiable force, contacts proper authorities, or uses other lawful means to help the victim of the crime.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Department of the Attorney General.

     Your Committee finds that people who come to the aid of victims may place themselves in danger of being harmed by the perpetrator of the crime.  Protection should be provided for these "good samaritans".

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3182, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair