STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1764-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: S.B. No. 2758

S.D. 1

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. 2758, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SEX TRAFFICKING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Authorize civil claims to be made against a business, owner of a business, or operator of a business that profits from sexual exploitation; and

(2) Extend the statute of limitations for claims of coercion into sexual exploitation or acts of sex trafficking.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Rainbow Family 808; Imua Alliance; and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Hawaii Association for Justice.

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. 2758, S.D. 1, 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