STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1879-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2582

      S.D. 1

      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 Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2582, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EXTENDED TERMS OF IMPRISONMENT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize the courts to impose an extended term of imprisonment for an offender who is convicted of negligent homicide in the first degree and did not remain at the scene of the crime and render reasonable assistance to an injured person.

 

     The Department of Transportation; Vice Chair of the Honolulu City Council representing District 3; State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers; Hawaii Chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving; Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters; United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO; Laborers' International Union of North America Local 368; Hawaii Bicycling League; Hawaii Teamsters Local 996; Ironworkers Stabilization Fund; and numerous individuals testified in support of this measure.  Kamehameha Schools and The Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO supported the intent.  The Office of the Public Defender testified in opposition.  The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and Department of the Attorney General provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2582, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2582, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair