THE SENATE
THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2016
COMMITTEE
ON JUDICIARY AND LABOR
Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Chair
Senator Maile S.L. Shimabukuro, Vice-Chair
MEASURES DEFERRED TO WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2016
DATE:
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Wednesday, March 30, 2016
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TIME:
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9:30 AM
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PLACE:
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Conference Room 016
State Capitol
415 South Beretania Street
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DECISION MAKING ON THE
FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):
HB1726
(HSCR665-16)
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO MURDER.
Provides that first degree murder includes a case in which a victim is used
as a shield or held as a hostage or for ransom.
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JDL
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HB2367
HD1
(HSCR1009-16)
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO THE PREVENTION OF UNFAIR LABOR
PRACTICES.
Allows the Hawaii Labor Relations Board the option of serving complaints and
notices of hearings via first class mail and by electronic means. (HB2367
HD1)
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JDL
[Measure
added on 3/14/2016]
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HB2079
HD1
(HSCR718-16)
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO SEARCH WARRANTS.
Requires government entities to obtain a search warrant in order to obtain
the real-time location information of an electronic device, except for
certain circumstances. (HB2079 HD1)
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JDL
[Measure
added on 3/18/2016]
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HB1902
HD2
(HSCR978-16)
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO SEX TRAFFICKING.
Replaces the offense of Promoting Prostitution in the First Degree with Sex
Trafficking to be classified as a violent crime. Makes Sex Trafficking a
class A felony and a strict liability offense if a minor is the victim of sex
trafficking. Provides that the offense of prostitution for a person younger
than eighteen years of age is a violation. Establishes a class C felony for
the act of paying for sex in reckless disregard of the fact that the other
person is a victim of sex trafficking. Expands the Department of the
Attorney General's Statewide Witness Program to include sex trafficking;
provides victims with access to criminal injury compensation; and amends laws
relating to civil liability for cases of coercion into prostitution. Makes
amendments to strengthen enforcement of laws and increase penalties against
the sex trafficker. (HB1902 HD2)
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JDL
[Measure
added on 3/22/2016]
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HB2281
(HSCR728-16)
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO SERVICE BY PUBLICATION IN PATERNITY
CASES.
Amends the Uniform Parentage Act to allow for service by publication when
defendants cannot be located or personally served.
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JDL
[Measure
added on 3/23/2016]
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HB2561
HD1
(HSCR763-16)
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.
Enacts recommendations of the penal code review committee convened pursuant
to HCR155, SD1 (2015). Effective 3/15/2038. (HD1)
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JDL
[Measure
added on 3/28/2016]
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No testimony will be accepted.
FOR AMENDED NOTICES: Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and
measures that have been added are underscored. If a measure is both
underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the
agenda.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 808-586-7344.