STAND. COM. REP. NO. 650

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 1183

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1183 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SEXUAL VIOLENCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to allow the Attorney General to administer programs for the prevention of sexual violence and the protection and treatment of victims of sexual violence.

The Attorney General, City and County of Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, The Sex Abuse Treatment Center, YWCA of Hawaii Island and Kauai, and a concerned individual testified in support of the bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to promote further discussion on the measure; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantial changes for style, 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. 1183, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1183, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair