STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1707

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   S.B. No. 339

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 339, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INFORMATION CHARGING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize institution of all class B and class C felony charges by written information, subject to specified exceptions.

 

     The Department of the Attorney General, County of Maui Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, County of Hawaii Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, County of Kauai Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, and City and County of Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney testified in support of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by specifying an additional seven class C felonies and three class B felonies that are excluded from written information charging.

 

     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 S.B. No. 339, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 339, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair