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:

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

TIME:

9:30 AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 016
State Capitol
415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

HB1726
(HSCR665-16)

Status and Testimony

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.

JDL

HB2367 HD1
(HSCR1009-16)

Status and Testimony

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)

JDL
[Measure added on 3/14/2016]

HB2079 HD1
(HSCR718-16)

Status and Testimony

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)

JDL
[Measure added on 3/18/2016]

HB1902 HD2
(HSCR978-16)

Status and Testimony

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)

JDL
[Measure added on 3/22/2016]

HB2281
(HSCR728-16)

Status and Testimony

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.

JDL
[Measure added on 3/23/2016]

HB2561 HD1
(HSCR763-16)

Status and Testimony

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)

JDL
[Measure added on 3/28/2016]

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.