STAND. COM. REP. NO.  408

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1406

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Human Services & Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 1406 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A MINOR,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to protect minors from the harmful effects of drugs.  This bill expands the crimes of endangering the welfare of a minor in the first and second degrees to include situations in which a person, having care or custody of a minor, causes or allows the minor to inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise use a controlled substance that was not prescribed by a physician.  Currently, the law is limited to the ingestion of methamphetamine.

 

     The Department of Public Safety, Honolulu Police Department, and Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu testified in support of this bill.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services & Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1406 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services & Housing,

 

 

 

 

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MAILE SHIMABUKURO, Chair