STAND. COM. REP. NO. 669

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1156

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 1156 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATUTORY REVISION:  AMENDING OR REPEALING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES AND THE SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII FOR THE PURPOSES OF CORRECTING ERRORS AND REFERENCES, CLARIFYING LANGUAGE, AND DELETING OBSOLETE OR UNNECESSARY PROVISIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to amend or repeal various provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes and the Session Laws of Hawaii for the purposes of correcting errors and references, clarifying language, and deleting obsolete or unnecessary provisions.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Legislative Reference Bureau.

     Your Committee finds that this statutory revision measure is submitted by the Legislative Reference Bureau pursuant to chapter 23G, Hawaii Revised Statutes.  All amendments proposed by this measure are of a technical nature to correct errors, omissions, or obsolete law.  Prior to submission of this measure, it was reviewed by the Attorney General, and a memorandum explaining each proposed amendment was submitted to the Chair of your Committee.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  In section 29, amending the offense described in section 712-1209.6(1)(b), Hawaii Revised Statutes, to "trafficking in persons" and amending the statutory reference from "section 7102(14)" to "section 7102(9)(A)"; and

     (2)  Inserting an effective date of January 7, 2059, to encourage further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1156, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1156, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Chair