STAND. COM. REP. NO.  797

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 302

      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. 302 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MATERIAL WITNESS ORDERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize district court, circuit court, or family court to issue a material witness order in cases initiated through felony complaint, indictment, or information.

The Office of the Prosecuting Attorney of Hawaii County and the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu supported this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage 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. 302, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 302, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair