STAND. COM. REP. NO.  344-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2467

      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 Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 2467 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide greater protection to children by amending the offense of promoting child abuse in the second degree to include the possession of images of any form of child pornography that involves:

     (1)  A minor who is younger than the age of 12;

     (2)  Sadomasochistic abuse of a minor; or

     (3)  Bestiality involving a minor.

The Department of the Attorney General and two concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2467, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2467, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

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

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair