STAND. COM. REP. NO. 769

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 771

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 771 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SEXUAL OFFENDERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to protect the public from sexual offenders by requiring that repeat sexual offenders who have been convicted on two prior and separate occasions for sexual offenses shall be placed on lifetime parole upon release from prison.

The Sex Abuse Treatment Center testified in support of this bill. The Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu supported this measure provided that the lifetime parole provisions proposed in this bill for repeat sexual offenders are not intended as a substitute for the registration and public notification requirements that apply to convicted sexual offenders and offenders against children. The Hawaii Paroling Authority supported the intent of this measure. The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii opposed this bill. The Office of the Public Defender offered comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments to correct drafting errors.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 771, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 771, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair