STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1013-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 1539

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1539, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE SAFETY OF JUDICIARY PERSONNEL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Prohibit a person or an organization from posting the personal information of federal and state judges and other judicial staff on the Internet with the intent to intimidate or threaten injury, harm, or violence to the judge or staff or their immediate family members; and

(2) Create a Judicial Security Task Force to identify further appropriate measures to enhance the security of judges and judiciary personnel while not diminishing civil liberties or unduly hindering governmental operations.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Judiciary, Hawaii State Bar Association, and one individual. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1539, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1539, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair