STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1095-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   S.B. No. 2108

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2108 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCESS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to facilitate criminal investigations by amending the definition of "criminal process" to authorize the Department of the Attorney General and the prosecuting attorneys of the counties to issue administrative subpoenas for the purposes of criminal investigations.  This measure permits the authorities to issue administrative subpoenas to obtain records held by entities located outside of the State.

The Department of the Attorney General and the Prosecuting Attorneys for the City and County of Honolulu and County of Kauai testified in support of this measure.

     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 S.B. No. 2108 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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KARL RHOADS, Chair