CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 132-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2131

H.D. 1

S.D. 2

C.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2131, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT,"

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 address the manner in which sexual assault evidence collection kits are processed and tracked and to ensure that victims of sexual assault are informed of their rights under the law.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that DNA profiles be developed from isolation of all DNA, rather than just autosomal DNA;

(2) Correcting a reference to federal law;

(3) Specifying that the annual reports to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives also include the number of prosecutions initiated as a result of an actionable Combined DNA Index System hit on sexual assault evidence collection kits collected prior to July 1, 2016;

(4) Specifying the amount appropriated out of the DNA Registry Special Fund to be $350,743;

(5) Deleting the proviso requiring the Department of the Attorney General to expend $350,743 in addition to the amount appropriated;

(6) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2018;

(7) Changing the delayed effective date for the implementation of procedures for unreported sexual assault evidence collection kits to January 1, 2019; and

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

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 H.B. No. 2131, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2131, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI Chair	____________________________ SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO Co-Chair
____________________________ GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN Co-Chair	____________________________ TY J.K. CULLEN Co-Chair