STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 936-22
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2022
RE: H.B. No. 1486
H.D. 2
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2022
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1486, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THEFT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Hawai‘i, Honolulu Police Department, and ten individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Office of the Public Defender.
Your Committee finds that motor vehicles are an essential part of daily life. For many, it is a very costly investment and oftentimes the second largest investment a person can make aside from housing costs. Losing a motor vehicle to theft can cause immense financial hardship and inconvenience to a person by negatively impacting the person's ability to get to work or school and curtailing their personal and everyday activities. This measure recognizes the significant financial, social, and personal costs of motor vehicle theft.
Your Committee has amended this measure by deleting the inclusion of mopeds under the offense of theft in the first degree.
Your Committee suggests that further consideration be given to imposing a lesser penalty for theft of a motor vehicle or motorcycle, such as a class C felony regardless of the value of the motor vehicle or motorcycle.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1486, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1486, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,
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____________________________ MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair |
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