STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3186

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3347

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Ways and Means and Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 3347, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE RIGHT TO EXIT THE SEX TRADE,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to provide financial support for persons seeking to exit the sex trade.

More specifically, the measure establishes within the Department of Human Services a one-year pilot program to provide a basic monthly income of $2,000, for a period of up to one year, to qualified adults who are verified victims of sex trafficking and are seeking to exit the sex trade.

Your Committees received written comments in support of this measure from the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, Imua Alliance, AF3IRM Hawaii, and numerous individuals.

Your Committees received written comments in opposition to this measure from Harm Reduction Hawaii and one individual.

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

Your Committees find that the basic monthly income to be paid to eligible participants under the pilot program will provide a significant incentive, and necessary financial support, to sex trafficking victims who are considering leaving the sex trade.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation from $6,000,000 to an unspecified amount to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(2) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Ways and Means and Judiciary that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3347, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3347, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Ways and Means and Judiciary,

________________________________ KARL RHOADS, Chair

________________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair