STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3757

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 1891

H.D. 1

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 Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1891, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIFORM RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF CANADIAN DOMESTIC-VIOLENCE PROTECTION ORDERS ACT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to enact the Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic-Violence Protection Orders Act.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Commission to Promote Uniform Laws and Domestic Violence Action Center. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Hawaii Association for Justice.

Your Committee finds that the Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic-Violence Protection Orders Act was developed by the Uniform Law Commission with input from judges and practicing lawyers from both the United States and Canada. Your Committee further finds that to date, the Act has been enacted in seven states, including California, Nevada, and Washington. This measure will protect Canadian travelers who have domestic violence protection orders while they are visiting Hawai‘i by providing clear rules for judicial enforcement of Canadian protection orders.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Granting law enforcement officers the same immunity from liability for the enforcement of Canadian domestic-violence protection orders as they would receive for the enforcement of domestic protection orders;

(2) Making it effective upon its approval; and

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

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. 1891, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1891, H.D. 1, S.D. 1.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair