STAND. COM. REP. NO.  320

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 571

      H.D. 1

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. 571 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILDREN,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to permit the special court trustee, upon investigation, to recommend that $100 per occurance be assessed against a parent who interferes with visitation by failing to:

(1)  Keep a scheduled visit without timely notifying the other parent of cancelation; or

(2)  Reschedule a canceled visit within a reasonable time.

     The Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence supported the intent of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to January 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

     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. 571, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 571, H.D. 1, 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