STAND. COM. REP. NO.  324-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 1905

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 1905 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE PROTECTIVE ORDERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to prohibit the court from granting mutual protective orders unless separate petitions are filed and reasonable notice of the filing is provided.

The Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu, Parents and Children Together, Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, American Association of University Women in Hawaii, YWCA Oahu, Hawaii Women's Coalition, and an individual supported this measure.  A concerned individual opposed this measure.

     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. 1905 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

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

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DEE MORIKAWA, Chair