STAND. COM. REP. NO.  412-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 1886

      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 Committees on Human Services and Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1886 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILD SAFETY,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to protect the safety of children by creating a class C felony for:

(1)  Failure by parents, guardians, and custodians of a child to report the known disappearance or death of the child to the Department of Human Services or the Police Department within an unspecified amount of hours; and

(2)  Failure by family members to report known child abuse or neglect to the Department of Human Services or the Police Department within an unspecified amount of hours.

Two concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1886, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1886, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Health,

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair

____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair