STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1763-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: S.B. No. 2601

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2601, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SEXUAL ABUSE OF MINORS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Expand the time period by which a civil action for childhood sexual abuse committed on or after July 1, 2024, may be initiated; and

(2) Authorize a court to require personnel of legal entities to undergo training on trauma-informed response to allegations of sexual abuse.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi; Spill The Tea Café; Imua Alliance; Sex Abuse Treatment Center; Hawaiʻi State Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Hawaiʻi Children's Action Network Speaks!; and six individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Hawaii Insurers Council. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of the Attorney General; Rainbow Family 808; Hawaii Association for Justice; Stonewall Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi; and one individual.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2601, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair