STAND. COM. REP. NO.  239-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 1863

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1863 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROSTITUTION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to make permanent Act 192, Sessions Laws of Hawaii 2008, which makes habitual solicitation of prostitution a criminal offense.

     The Downtown Neighborhood Board No. 13, EAH Housing, and many concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Libertarian Party of Honolulu and American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii opposed this measure.  The Representative from the 28^th District commented on this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Establishing a sunset date of June 30, 2012; and

     (2)  Changing the effective date to December 21, 2058, to facilitate further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1863, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1863, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Chair