STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1147-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   S.B. No. 2193

      S.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred S.B. No. 2193, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to define "person in custody" as used in the offenses of sexual assault in the second degree and third degree to explicitly prohibit law enforcement officers from knowingly subjecting a person who is stopped by or under the control of a law enforcement officer to sexual penetration or sexual contact.

The Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu, American Association of University Women, Hawaii, and several concerned individuals supported this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2193, S.D. 2, 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 Public Safety,

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GREGG TAKAYAMA, Chair