STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 810
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2023
RE: H.B. No. 593
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. 593 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO POLICE REPORTS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee finds that when a family member dies in an incident that leads to a law enforcement investigation, the surviving family members may continue to have questions long after law enforcement closes their investigation. Your Committee further finds that it can often take several years for surviving family members to obtain a copy of the closing report prepared by the law enforcement agency at the conclusion of their investigation. This measure is intended to ensure surviving family members receive the closing report of a law enforcement investigation into a family member's death within a specific period of time.
Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting a sunset date of June 30, 2025.
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. 593, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 593, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,
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____________________________ DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair |
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