STAND. COM. REP. NO.  884-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1852

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1852 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PORNOGRAPHY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to amend the definition of "pornographic for minors" by clarifying that a material or performance does not have to appeal specifically to the minor's prurient interest in order to be found pornographic for minors.

 

     The Honolulu Police Department testified in support of this measure.  The City and County of Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion.

 

     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. 1852, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1852, 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