STAND. COM. REP. NO. 398

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 1260

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1260 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Change the governmental entity responsible for the administration of the Address Confidentiality Program from the Office of the Lieutenant Governor to the Department of Law Enforcement beginning on January 1, 2024;

(2) Authorize the Department of Law Enforcement to contract the services of a third party to administer the Address Confidentiality Program; and

(3) Appropriate funds to support the Address Confidentiality Program.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Department of Law Enforcement, Domestic Violence Action Center, Hawai‘i State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Sex Abuse Treatment Center, and one individual.

Your Committee finds that establishing the Address Confidentiality Program within the Department of Law Enforcement, instead of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, will provide a measure of safety, security, and relief for survivors of domestic abuse, sexual offenses, and stalking.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying when the Department of Law Enforcement may contract the services of a third-party; and

(2) Changing the effective date to June 30, 3000, to encourage further discussion.

Your Committee notes that the Department of Law Enforcement would like the effective date of this measure to be January 1, 2024.

Your Committee respectfully requests your Committee on Finance, should it deliberate on this measure, to consider an appropriation amount of $280,000 per fiscal year for two full-time equivalent positions, operating costs, and equipment to support the Address Confidentiality Program.

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. 1260, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1260, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair