STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1058
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2011
RE: H.C.R. No. 5
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 Human Services, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 5 entitled:
"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON WHETHER THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF HAWAII'S SEX OFFENDER LAWS ARE BEING MET AND WHETHER SEX OFFENDER LAWS ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED IN THE WAY THEY WERE INTENDED,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request a study to determine whether the aim of the state sex offender registration laws are being met and whether the state sex offender registration laws are being implemented in the way they were intended.
Your committee received a testimony in opposition of this measure. A concerned individual also provided comments.
Your committee amended this concurrent resolution by:
(1) Replacing the agency conducting the study from the
Department of Attorney General to the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Your committee notes that although states are required to collect and release relevant information necessary to protect the public from sexual offenders, no study has been conducted to determine whether the goals and objectives of the state sex offender laws are being met or whether they are being implemented in the way they were intended. Therefore, your committee supports the purpose and intent of this measure.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 5, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Judiciary in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 5, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,
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____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair |
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