HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1370

TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to public safety.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that Hawaii's sex offender registry is intended to provide public information on sex offenders.  This registry allows the public to keep track of and look up sex offenders living in their communities.  The required information includes the sex offender's place of employment and any volunteer activity.  The legislature further finds that the registry currently does not specify whether the sex offender's employment or volunteer activity includes substantial contact with children.

     The purpose of this Act is to amend Hawaii's sex offender registry laws to require sex offenders to disclose whether their place of employment or volunteer activity involves substantial contact with persons under the age of eighteen.

     SECTION 2.  Section 846E-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:

     "(d)  Registration information for each covered offender shall include a signed statement by the covered offender containing:

     (1)  The name, all prior names, nicknames and pseudonyms,  and all aliases used by the covered offender or under which the covered offender has been known and other identifying information, including date of birth and any alias date of birth, social security number and any alias social security number, sex, race, height, weight, and hair and eye color;

     (2)  The actual address and telephone number of the covered offender's residence or any current, temporary address where the covered offender resides, or if an address is not available, a description of the place or area in which the covered offender resides for at least thirty nonconsecutive days within a sixty-day period, and for each address or place where the covered offender resides, how long the covered offender has resided there;

     (3)  The actual address or description of the place or area, the actual length of time of the stay, and telephone number where the covered offender is staying for a period of more than ten days, if other than the stated residence;

     (4)  If known, the future address and telephone number where the covered offender is planning to reside, if other than the stated residence;

     (5)  Any electronic mail address, any instant message name, any internet designation or moniker, and any internet address used for routing or self-identification;

     (6)  Any cell phone number and other designations used for routing or self-identification in telephonic communications;

     (7)  Names and, if known, actual business addresses of current and known future employers, including information for any place where the covered offender works as a volunteer or otherwise works without remuneration, and the starting and ending dates of any such employment;

     (8)  A statement indicating whether the covered offender's place of employment or volunteer activity includes substantial contact with persons under the age of eighteen;

    [(8)] (9)  For covered offenders who may not have a fixed place of employment, a description of the places where such a covered offender works, such as information about normal travel routes or the general area or areas in which the covered offender works;

    [(9)] (10) Professional licenses held by the covered offender;

   [(10)] (11) Names and actual addresses of current and known future educational institutions with which the covered offender is affiliated in any way, whether or not compensated, including but not limited to affiliation as a faculty member, an employee, or a student, and the starting and ending dates of any such affiliation;

   [(11)] (12) The year, make, model, color, and license or registration or other identifying number of all vehicles, including automobiles, watercrafts, and aircrafts, currently owned or operated by the covered offender and the address or description of the place or places where the covered offender's vehicle or vehicles are habitually parked, docked, or otherwise kept;

   [(12)] (13) Passports and information about the passports, if the covered offender has passports, and documents establishing immigration status and information about these documents, if the covered offender is an alien;

   [(13)] (14) A statement listing all covered offenses for which the covered offender has been convicted or found unfit to proceed or acquitted pursuant to chapter 704;

   [(14)] (15) A statement indicating whether the covered offender has received or is currently receiving treatment ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or by the Hawaii paroling authority;

   [(15)] (16) A statement indicating whether the covered offender is a United States citizen; and

   [(16)] (17) Any additional identifying information about the covered offender."

     SECTION 3.  This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.

     SECTION 4.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2013.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Public Safety; Sex Offenders

 

Description:

Amends Hawaii's sex offender registry laws to require sex offenders to disclose whether their place of employment or volunteer activity involves substantial contact with persons under the age of eighteen.

 

 

 

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