STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1106

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 968

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred H.B. No. 968, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE PROTECTIVE ORDERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

     (1)  Allow a temporary restraining order to remain in effect for up to one hundred eighty days from the date the order is granted or until the effective date of a protective order issued by the court, whichever occurs first; and

     (2)  Clarify when protective orders granted orally by the court shall be effective.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Downtown Neighborhood Board No. 13.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Office of the Public Defender.

     Your Committee finds that this measure would provide greater protection for victims of domestic abuse through the clarification of the transition between temporary restraining orders and protective orders.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to upon approval.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 968, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 968, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair