STAND. COM. REP. NO.  63

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1287

      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 Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 1287 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILD CARE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish that any person who violates the child care provisions of Chapter 346, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall be guilty of a Class C felony, and to increase the applicable fines related to such violations.

Numerous individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Honolulu Police Department opposed this measure.  The Department of Human Services commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2075, to facilitate continued discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1287, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1287, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

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DEE MORIKAWA, Chair