CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 121

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2013

RE:    H.B. No. 1068

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir and Madam:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1068, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to promote services for victims of human trafficking by:

     (1)  Requiring certain establishments to post and keep posted information regarding the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline in a conspicuous place near the establishment's primary public entrance or another area where posters and notices are customarily posted;

     (2) Defining the term "establishment" to mean a place of employment that:

          (A)  Holds a liquor dispenser license or cabaret license;

          (B)  Is a hospital emergency room;

          (C)  Is a massage therapy establishment; or

          (D)  Is a farm operation employing five or more persons; and

     (3)  Establishing a fine for the wilful and knowing failure, neglect, or refusal to post the required information.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Clarifying that certain employers shall post and keep posted the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline required notice in a place readily accessible to employees;

     (2)  Limiting the posting requirement to employers that:

          (A)  Hold a liquor dispenser license or cabaret license;

          (B)  Maintain a massage therapy establishment that employs five or more people; or

          (C)  Employ one or more erotic or nude massagers or erotic or nude dancers;

     (3)  Eliminates the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations' authorization to contract with State or county agencies to implement or enforce the notice requirements relating to human trafficking; 

     (4)  Changing its effective date to January 1, 2014; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1068, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1068, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair	____________________________ JESSICA WOOLEY, Co-Chair
____________________________ CLAYTON HEE, Co-Chair	____________________________ ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Co-Chair
____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Co-Chair