STAND. COM. REP. NO.  640

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 968

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 968, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE PROTECTIVE ORDERS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to amend the domestic abuse protective order by:

 

(1)  Allowing a temporary restraining order to remain in effect for 180 days from the date the order is granted or until the effective date of a protective order that is issued by the court, whichever occurs first; and

 

(2)  Making protective orders orally stated by the court on the record effective on the date of the hearing if the respondent attends the hearing or, if the respondent was served but failed to appear, upon service of the protective order upon the respondent.

 

     The City and County of Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, Honolulu Police Department, Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  The Office of the Public Defender opposed this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 968, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair