STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1031

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1130

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1130 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to improve the hiring practices for corrections programs and facilities by providing an exemption to the Department of Public Safety to enable it to administer lie detector and psychological tests during the pre-employment screening process for corrections applicants.

The Department of Public Safety supported this measure.  A concerned individual opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote further discussion.

     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 H.B. No. 1130, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1130, H.D. 1.

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

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair