Report Title:

Flag Desecration

Description:

Increases the penalty for desecration of the United States or Hawaii flag to a class C felony.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1322

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2003

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to flag desecration.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 711-1107, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (3) to read as follows:

"(3) Any person convicted of committing the offense of desecration shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not more than one year, a fine of not more than $10,000, or both[.]; provided that desecration of the United States or Hawaii flag shall be punishable as a class C felony."

INTRODUCED BY:

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