STAND. COM. REP. NO. 626

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 320

       S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 320, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the collection of buccal swab samples and print impressions of each hand, and DNA samples as provided by law or rule, from persons who have completed their criminal sentences and are no longer confined, in custody, or under parole or probation supervision, or are otherwise discharged from the jurisdiction of the court.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Maui.

     Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii.

     Your Committee finds that collecting DNA samples from felony offenders has helped to solve other crimes committed by these offenders, provide justice to crime victims, and deter the commission of future offenses.  Your Committee further finds that requiring the collection of buccal swab samples and print impressions of each hand, and DNA samples as provided by law or rule, from certain felony offenders who have completed their sentences and are no longer under the jurisdiction of the court will enhance public safety.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by clarifying language pertaining to persons who have been acquitted pursuant to section 704-402, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 320, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 320, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair