STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1148-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   S.B. No. 2811

      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 Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 2811, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PARENTAL RIGHTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow the family court to terminate the parental rights of the perpetrator, if the court determines by clear and convincing evidence that the child was conceived as a result of an act of rape or sexual assault, creating a presumption that termination of parental rights is in the best interest of the child.

The Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, Department of the Attorney General, Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii, Hawaii State Democratic Women's Caucus, Hawaii Women's Coalition, Sex Abuse Treatment Center, American Association of University Women, and several concerned individuals supported 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 S.B. No. 2811, 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 Human Services,

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DEE MORIKAWA, Chair