STAND. COM. REP. NO.  403

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1113

      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 Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 1113 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES IN PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to repeal the requirement of a conspiracy of two or more persons as an element of the offense of engaging in prohibited discriminatory practices in places of public accommodation.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission and an individual.

     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 Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1113, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1113, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair