STAND. COM. REP. NO.  292

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 944

      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 Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 944 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOLS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to increase public safety by establishing that any person who interferes with or disrupts the orderly operation, safety, or peaceful conduct of a school or school-related activity shall be guilty of the offense of criminal trespass in the first degree.  

 

     IMUAlliance and Hawaii State Teachers Association supported this measure.  A concerned individual opposed this measure.  

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2051, to promote further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 944, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 944, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair