STAND. COM. REP. NO.  571

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 1009

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1009 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FINGERPRINT RETENTION BY HAWAII CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA CENTER,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow the State to retain fingerprints of employment and licensing applicants for whom criminal history record checks are authorized statutorily so the State may implement a statewide "Rapback" program using all information and records, including fingerprints, to provide relevant licensing agencies and employers an updated criminal record if a fingerprinted individual is subsequently arrested.

     The Department of the Attorney General testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Limiting the records to be retained by the Hawaii Criminal Justice Center to records of fingerprints to comport with the title of this bill; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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. 1009, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1009, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair