THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2008

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABOR

Senator Brian T. Taniguchi, Chair

Senator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2008

DATE:	Monday, March 17, 2008
TIME:	9:00 a.m.
PLACE:	Conference Room 016 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

(Deferred from Wednesday, March 12, 2008)

HB 2729, HD1 Testimony	RELATING TO BURGLARY. Creates a new offense of burglaries that take place in a dwelling and involve a dangerous instrument.  Defines "dangerous instrument". (HB2729 HD1)	JDL
HB 2998, HD1 Testimony	RELATING TO SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION. Establishes a working group to determine what changes to Hawaii law are necessary to comply with the federal Adam Walsh Act.  Requires working group also to determine whether cost of compliance outweighs loss of 10 percent of Department of Justice grant funds that will result from noncompliance by July 29, 2009.  (HB2998 HD1)	JDL, WAM
HB 3040, HD1 Testimony	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Revamps Hawaii's sex offender registry laws to provide more up-to-date and more useful information about registered sex offenders to the public; strengthens some criminal laws, including those relating to electronic enticement of a child; and makes other criminal law changes.  (HB3040 HD1)	JDL
HB 3383 Testimony	RELATING TO HAWAII PENAL CODE. Requires that multiple terms of imprisonment run concurrently unless the court orders or the law mandates that the terms run consecutively.  Effective upon approval and applies to all terms of imprisonment imposed before or after the effective date.	JDL

No testimony will be accepted.

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