CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 141-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2346

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

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. 2346, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY,"

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:

(1) Establish the address confidentiality program in the Department of the Attorney General to help survivors of domestic abuse, sexual assault, and stalking to relocate and keep the location of their physical address confidential; and

(2) Make an appropriation to the Department of the Attorney General for implementation and operation of the address confidentiality program.

Your Committee on Conference finds that survivors of domestic abuse, sexual offenses, or stalking may move to a new address in order to prevent being found by an assailant or potential assailant, but moving to a new address only provides protection if the assailant or potential assailant does not discover the new address. Maintaining the confidentiality of a new address is especially difficult in a location such as an island where space is limited. Each time a survivor is forced to provide an address for public agencies, employment, or court documents, the risk that the address will be discovered by an assailant or potential assailant increases. An address confidentiality program will provide protection and additional safety for survivors of domestic abuse, sexual offenses, or stalking.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the language relating to service of process for court orders requiring the disclosure of a program participant's actual address to match language relating to service of process already established elsewhere in the measure;

(2) Removing the appropriation to the Department of the Attorney General;

(3) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2018; and

(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

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. 2346, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2346, S.D. 2, 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 Co-Chair	____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI Chair
____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE Co-Chair	____________________________ GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN Co-Chair