STAND. COM. REP. NO.  807

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 954

      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. 954 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM JURY DUTY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to exempt active members of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency and county emergency management agencies from jury duty.

 

     The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, Kauai Emergency Management Agency, Kauai Fire Department, City and County of Honolulu Department of Emergency Management, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and several individuals testified in support of the measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

 

     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. 954, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 954, 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