STAND. COM. REP. NO. _______9-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2132
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, to
which was referred H.B. No. 2132 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CYBER TERRORISM,"


begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to establish the offenses of
cyber terrorism of a law enforcement officer and cyber terrorism.

     Your committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Law Enforcement Division of the Department of Public
Safety, the Honolulu Police Department, and a concerned citizen.

     Your committee has amended this bill to refer to a more
inclusive definition of "law enforcement officer" to eliminate
any ambiguity.  Your committee has also removed the words "law
enforcement officer" from the cyber terrorism section since the
intent of that section was to apply to victims not covered in the
cyber terrorism of a law enforcement officer section.

     Technical, nonsubstantive amendments were also made to this
measure for the purpose of consistency and style.

     In passing out this measure, your committee finds that the
topic of this bill should inspire a much broader look at internet
privacy issues.  Although your committee focused primarily on
those aspects of the bill pertaining to public safety, it is

 
 
 
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hoped that in subsequent hearings a discussion will emerge to
determine if more comprehensive language is appropriate.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs that is attached
to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 2132, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No.
2132, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and
Hawaiian Affairs.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Public Safety and
                                   Military Affairs,



                                   ______________________________
                                   NESTOR R. GARCIA, Chair