STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2851

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 1346

S.D. 2

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 S.B. No. 1346, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO JUROR COMPENSATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to increase from $30 to $50 the amount of compensation paid to a juror or prospective juror for each day of court attendance.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Judiciary and two individuals.

Your Committee finds that the last increase in juror compensation occurred in 1986, and that the increase provided by this measure is an acknowledgment of the sacrifices made by jurors and prospective jurors in the performance of their civic duty.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

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 S.B. No. 1346, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1346, S.D. 2.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair