CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 65

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2017

RE:    S.B. No. 339

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 339, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INFORMATION CHARGING,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize all class B and class C felony charges to be instituted by written information subject to specified exceptions.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that existing law enumerates fourteen class B felonies and ninety-four class C felonies that may be instituted by written information.  Each time a new offense is created or added to the list of offenses that may be chargeable by written information, section 806-83, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), must be amended to reflect this addition.  By specifying certain offenses that shall not be, rather than listing offenses that may be, instituted by written information, this measure creates greater efficiency in implementing the written information charging law.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing the effective date to upon its approval.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 339, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 339, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO Chair	____________________________ GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN Chair
	____________________________ KARL RHOADS Co-Chair