STAND. COM. REP. NO.  91-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

RE:   H.B. No. 1851

      H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1851 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PORNOGRAPHY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

     (1)  Define "in loco parentis" for purposes of exemption under Hawaii's obscenity laws; and

     (2)  Clarify that the offense of promoting pornography for minors does not apply to a person who acts within the person's capacity and scope of employment as a member of the staff of any school.

The Honolulu Police Department testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Education provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2025; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1851, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1851, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

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

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JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair