STAND. COM. REP. NO.  155-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 1570

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred H.B. No. 1570 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ABUSE OF FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBER,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to protect victims of abuse and provide them sufficient time to seek help and legal protection by extending, in certain instances, the period of separation that a police officer can impose on an individual suspected of physical abuse or harm under an order to leave the premises.

The Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Hawaii, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Kauai, Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Maui, Honolulu Police Department, and the Maui Police Department supported this measure.   

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1570 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 Public Safety,

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HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair