STAND. COM. REP. NO.  27

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 1025

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 1025 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SENTENCING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to restore a statutory provision allowing the court to order presentence mental or other medical observation and examination for sentencing purposes.

     The Department of the Attorney General and Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu testified in support of this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1025 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair