CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 137-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2016

RE:    H.B. No. 2671

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2671, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA,"

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 assist the Attorney General in the gathering and reporting of critical criminal justice data by:

(1)  Requiring the county chiefs of police and state and county agencies with arrest powers to provide crime incident reports and other related crime information to the Attorney General to operate a statewide crime reporting program and to cooperate with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reporting Program; and

(2)  Establishing a fine for state agency, county agency, and county chief of police noncompliance with the requirements of this measure.

Your Committee on Conference finds that accurate, timely, and comprehensive reporting of crime data is vital to the administration of justice and enables law enforcement agencies to better monitor the allocation of agencies' scarce resources and keeps the public informed.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1)  Deleting the establishment of a fine for not complying with the requirements of this measure;

(2)  Changing its effective date to upon its approval; and

(3)  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. 2671, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2671, H.D. 2, 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

____________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair	____________________________ KARL RHOADS, Co-Chair
____________________________ GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Co-Chair	____________________________ MATTHEW S. LOPRESTI, Co-Chair
____________________________ BRICKWOOD GALUTERIA, Co-Chair