STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1158-20

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2020

RE: S.B. No. 2480

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2480, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROTECTIVE ORDERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a Hawaii Hope Card Program within the Department of the Attorney General to issue cards verifying a person's long-term protective order.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Domestic Violence Action Center and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of the Attorney General.

Your Committee finds that individuals with long-term protective orders are currently required to carry nine-page documents with them at all times in order to prove the existence of a protective order. Your Committee believes that hope cards, which are similar in size and material to a Hawaii state driver's license, are a more convenient method for protected individuals to carry proof of protection on a daily basis.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of 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. 2480, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2480, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

____________________________

CHRIS LEE, Chair