STAND. COM. REP. NO.  918

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 1009

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1009, H.D. 1, 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 provide better protection to the public by ensuring that employers and licensing agencies get up-to-date criminal history information.  Specifically, this bill will allow the State to retain, indefinitely, fingerprints of employment and licensing applicants for whom criminal history record checks are authorized statutorily so that the State can implement a statewide "Rapback" program, which will allow employers to request notification if applicants are arrested in the future.

     The Department of the Attorney General supported this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to promote further discussion; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1009, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1009, H.D. 2.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair