STAND. COM. REP. NO. 767

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: H.B. No. 1237

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1237 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify that the effective period of a temporary restraining order, protective order, or injunction for a minor may extend to a reasonable date after the minor has reached the age of eighteen.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Honolulu Police Department and Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

Your Committee finds that temporary restraining orders, protective orders, and injunctions against harassment for a minor typically expire when the minor reaches the age of eighteen. This measure eliminates the automatic termination of the order or injunction and permits the extension of the order's or injunction's effective period, thereby ensuring the protection of individuals in the State.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 3021, to encourage further discussion; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1237, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1237, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair