STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1880-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2742

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. 2742, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to resolve inconsistencies in the processing of expungements and public dissemination of criminal history record information related to cases in which the defendant is:

(1) Acquitted or charges are dismissed by reason of physical or mental disease, disorder, or defect, pursuant to Hawaii's penal responsibility and fitness to proceed law; or

(2) Involuntarily hospitalized in lieu of prosecution or of sentence.

The Department of the Attorney General testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion; 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 Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2742, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2742, 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