STAND. COM. REP. NO. 570

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 590
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred H.B. No. 590 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VIOLENCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to establish death review teams
to review adult domestic violence and sexual assault-related
deaths.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Attorney General, the Commission on the Status of Women, the
Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and the
Domestic Violence Clearinghouse and Legal Hotline.  Additional
testimony was received from the City and County Department of the
Prosecuting Attorney, and the Honolulu Police Department.

     Your Committee finds that there is a need to develop a
coordinated statewide response to domestic violence at the
highest levels of our state government.  The death review teams
established by this measure will assist government to more
effectively answer the many problematic aspects of domestic
violence and sexual assault in communities across our state.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 590 and recommends that it be referred to the
Committee on Finance.

 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary &
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   PAUL T. OSHIRO, Chair