STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2902

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2638

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2638, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to require, and appropriate moneys for, the Department of the Attorney General to submit to the Legislature annual reports containing available data pertaining to the commercial sexual exploitation of children.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of the Attorney General, Hawaii Youth Services Network, Imua Alliance, The Sex Abuse Treatment Center, and one individual.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance and Department of Human Services.

Your Committee finds that requiring the Department of the Attorney General to provide to the Legislature statewide data pertaining to the commercial sexual exploitation of children will help the State to assess and improve the State's anti-trafficking response.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that the demographic information collected by state-contracted providers regarding suspected or confirmed victims of commercial sexual exploitation includes gender identity and expression and sexual orientation, if the data is available;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(3) Making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2638, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2638, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair