STAND. COM. REP. NO.  728-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2726

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2726, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TIME FRAMES TO REGAIN FITNESS TO PROCEED,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to amend the law governing time frames for fitness restoration for unfit persons charged with non-violent petty misdemeanors and non-violent misdemeanors.

 

     Specifically, this bill establishes:

 

     (1)  A 60 day maximum commitment for defendants charged with non-violent petty misdemeanors;

 

     (2)  A 120 day maximum commitment for defendants charged with non-violent misdemeanors; and

 

     (3)  Procedures for release and dismissal of charges or involuntary civil commitment, as necessary.

 

     The Department of Health and Mental Health America of Hawaii testified in support of this measure.  The Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu opposed this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2025, to encourage further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2726, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2726, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair