STAND. COM. REP. NO.  233

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 300

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 300 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SEARCH WARRANTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to allow the courts to authorize a person or entity to provide technical assistance to the officer or deputy who is executing a search warrant pertaining to an electronic device or storage media.

 

     The Department of the Attorney General, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Kauai, Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Hawaii, and Honolulu Police Department testified in support of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, style, and consistency.

 

     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. 300, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 300, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair