STAND. COM. REP. NO.  672-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 1771

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1771 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FELONIES FOR WHICH CRIMINAL CHARGES MAY BE INSTITUTED BY WRITTEN INFORMATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to add certain felonies for which criminal charges may be instituted by written information.

The Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu and a concerned citizen supported this measure.  The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, the Community Alliance on Prisons, and two concerned individuals opposed this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Inserting the recently codified statutory section for the offense of unauthorized entry in a dwelling in the first degree; and

(2) Changing the effective date to January 7, 2059, to encourage further discussion.

     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. 1771, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1771, 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