STAND. COM. REP. NO. 766

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 132

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 132, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish prohibited acts related to female genital mutilation, and includes the commission of prohibited acts related to female genital mutilation in the statutory definition of child abuse or neglect and as a prohibited act under the State's Child Protective Act.

The Sex Abuse Treatment Center, LGBT Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, O‘ahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, and numerous concerned individuals supported this measure. The Department of the Attorney General provided comments.

Your Committee have amended this measure by specifying that a health care provider that performs a gender reassignment surgery shall not be criminally liable.

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 H.B. No. 132, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 132, H.D. 2.

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

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CHRIS LEE, Chair