CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 62-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: S.B. No. 2532

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2532, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIME,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Clarify that the definition of "dwelling", as it relates to offenses against property rights, includes multi-unit buildings and connected parking or storage areas that are restricted to residents; and

(2) Allow the owner of a multi-unit building, an owner of an individual unit, a property manager, or an authorized representative of the condominium association to act as a complainant for the purpose of investigating and prosecuting an offense of burglary in the first degree in a multi-unit building.

Your Committee on Conference finds that certain individuals, who are neither residents nor guests of a multi-unit dwelling, have increasingly burglarized the secured areas of multi-unit dwellings, which include secured parking and storage areas. However, the investigation and prosecution of these crimes can be complicated due to the limited definition of "dwelling" under the existing law. Therefore, this measure clarifies that the areas in multi-unit buildings that are restricted to residents, such as parking and storage areas within apartment buildings and condominiums, are part of the overall dwelling to ensure that theft in these areas are properly investigated and prosecuted as burglaries.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by making it effective upon its approval.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2532, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2532, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ DAVID A. TARNAS Chair	____________________________ JARRETT KEOHOKALOLE Chair
	____________________________ KARL RHOADS Co-Chair