STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1016

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.R. No. 22

       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 Human Services, to which was referred S.R. No. 22 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING APRIL AS SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to recognize April as Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawai‘i and one individual.

     Your Committee finds that sexual assault affects people of all ages and racial, social, religious, ethnic, and economic backgrounds in the United States.  Your Committee further finds that violence in the form of intimate partner abuse, sexual assault, and stalking can have devastating emotional consequences that outlast the physical effects.  Your Committee also finds that promoting awareness of sexual violence and strategies to decrease the incidence of sexual assault is a proactive way to stop the cycle of violence.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     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 S.R. No. 22, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 22, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair