STAND. COM. REP. NO. 383-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 385
                                     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 Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred H.B. No. 385 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CIVIL RIGHTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to establish a civil cause of
action, provide for enhanced criminal penalties and probation
requirements, and provides for a reporting mechanism to compile,
track, and analyze hate crimes data.

     The Department of Attorney General, the Hawaii Civil Rights
Commission and concerned individuals testified in support of this
measure.  The Christian Voice of Hawaii and concerned individuals
testified in opposition to this measure.  The Office of the
Public Defender submitted comments.

     Your Committee amended this bill by:

     1.   Retaining only the provisions pertaining to hate crime 
          reporting;

     2.   Conferring the responsibilities of the "Data Center" on
          to the Department of the Attorney General and requiring
          the various agencies to cooperate with the Department;

     3.   Conforming the definition of "Hate Crime" and "Hate
          Crime Date" to come within the parameters used by the
          F.B.I. in the collection such information; and

 
 
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     4.   Requiring that the annual report by the Department of
          the Attorney General be made twenty days before the
          start of the legislative session.


     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 385, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No.
385, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary &
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair