STAND. COM. REP. NO. 647-12
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2012
RE: H.B. No. 1995
H.D. 2
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. 1995, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to assist victims of human trafficking by:
(1) Requiring establishments to place posters providing specific information about human trafficking, including the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline, in a conspicuous place near the entrance or the place where posters are customarily displayed in the establishment;
(2) Defining the term "establishment", which lists those entities required to display the posters with specified human trafficking information; and
(3) Creating fines for those establishments that fail to display the required posters in accordance with this measure.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Removing strip clubs from the definition of "establishment";
(2) Reducing the amount of the fine for failure to display the posters from $10,000 to $100; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
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. 1995, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1995, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair |
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