STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1040-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   S.B. No. 2045

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2045, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIME,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of the bill is to establish offenses of sexual human trafficking.

     The Downtown Neighborhood Board No. 13, Hawaii Kai Neighborhood Board No. 1, GiRL FeST, Planned Parenthood of Hawaii, Hawaii Women's Coalition, Polaris Project, and numerous concerned individuals supported this bill.  The Hawaii Family Forum, Hawaii Catholic Conference, and a concerned individual supported the intent of this measure.  The Department of the Attorney General, Crime Victim Compensation Commission, Maui Police Department, Honolulu Police Department, The Libertarian Party of Honolulu, and APLE (Arresting Prostitutes is Legal Exploitation) opposed this bill.  The Office of the Public Defender and the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to December 21, 2058, to encourage further discussion; and

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

     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 S.B. No. 2045, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2045, S.D. 1, 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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JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Chair