STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3886

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 1539

H.D. 2

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1539, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to ensure the security of Judiciary personnel.

Specifically, the measure:

(1) Prohibits a person or organization from posting on the Internet personal information about federal and state judges and other judicial staff with the intent to intimidate or threaten; and

(2) Establishes a Judicial Security Task Force to examine, evaluate, and determine optimal methods for securing online personal information of certain Judiciary personnel.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Judiciary and Hawaii State Bar Association.

Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from one individual.

Your Committee finds that, due to the availability of personal information about judges and judicial staff on the Internet, appropriate deterrents, as well as collaboration and cooperation among various governmental and nongovernmental entities, are necessary to ensure the safety of judges and judicial staff.

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

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair