STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2016-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 416

S.D. 1

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 S.B. No. 416, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WITNESS FEES AND REIMBURSEMENTS IN CRIMINAL CASES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Clarify the applicable expert witness fees in state criminal cases; and

(2) Increase per diem payments for other witnesses required to travel and stay overnight to attend a state court or grand jury in any criminal case.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of the Public Defender and Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the 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 S.B. No. 416, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 416, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair