STAND. COM. REP. NO.703-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.B. No. 1451

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1451, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PREVENTION OF WORKPLACE VIOLENCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to establish judicial and law enforcement procedures to address workplace violence.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Prosecuting Attorney for the City and County of Honolulu, the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, the Society of Human Resource Management, Hawaii Chapter, the Hawaii Hotel Association, the Hawaii Visitor Industry Security Association, the Hawaii Hotel Security Association, the Embassy Vacation Resort and VIP Foodservice. Testimony in opposition to the measure was submitted by the Office of the Public Defender, Hawaii Carpenters Union and the ILWU Local 142. The Domestic Violence Clearinghouse and Legal Service Hotline supported the concept of this measure but expressed concerns.

Your Committee finds that judicial and law enforcement procedures to address workplace violence are concerns of employers who want to provide a safe workplace. Although this measure is a noble attempt to address these concerns, further discussion is needed to better develop its provisions.

Your Committee amended the bill by:

(1) Inserting an effective date of February 30, 3025 to ensure further discussion; and

(2) Making technical and nonsubstantive changes for the purposes of style and clarity.

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. 1451, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1451, H.D. 2.

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

 

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ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair