STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1864

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.B. No. 316

H.D. 2

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 S.B. No. 316, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DOGS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish additional penalties for dog owners whose dog injures or destroys property of another while on private property zoned for agricultural use without consent of the owner of the property.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Inc.; and one individual.

Your Committee finds that establishing an enhanced monetary penalty for owners whose dogs injure or destroy property on agricultural lands will incentivize dog owners to take more initiative in securing their dogs and preventing loss of property.

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 & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 316, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 316, H.D. 2.

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

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair