STAND. COM. REP. NO.  622

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 44

      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. 44 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROSTITUTION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to protect the safety and well being of children by creating a specific offense for a person who offers or agrees to pay a fee to another person to engage in sexual conduct within 750 feet of schools and public parks.

     The Downtown Neighborhood Board No. 13, Carmel Partners, EAH, Kukui Kauhale, Inc., and several concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Office of the Public Defender, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, The Libertarian Party of Hawaii, and National Association of Reformed Criminals opposed this bill.  The Department of Education offered comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to January 7, 2059, 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 Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 44, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 44, 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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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair