STAND. COM. REP. NO. 926-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 2465
                                     S.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 Education, to which was referred S.B. No.
2465, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PORNOGRAPHY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to restrict the promoting
pornography for minors exemption for public library staff to acts
committed within the scope of a public library staff member's
employment.

     Your Committee received testimony in favor of this measure
from the State Librarian of the Hawaii State Public Library
System, the Honolulu Police Department, several individual
librarians, and the Hawaii Catholic Conference.

     Your Committee finds that other states have laws similar to
the Hawaii Penal Code's exemption for public library staff in the
promoting pornography for minors law.  The exemptions recognize
public library staff members' responsibility to provide library
patrons access to information.  This measure strikes a balance in
providing minors with meaningful access to library materials and
protecting them from exposure to pornographic materials.
Responsible library staff members are protected from threats of
litigation.


 
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     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 S.B. No.
2465, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be
referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.

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



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                                   KEN ITO, Chair

 
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