CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 70
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2013
RE: H.B. No. 1187
S.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2013
State of Hawaii
Honorable Donna Mercado Kim
President of the Senate
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2013
State of Hawaii
Sir and Madam:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1187, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING,"
having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.
The purpose of this measure is to address the issue of human trafficking, including the protection of children by:
(1) Designating the month of January as "Human Trafficking Awareness Month"; and
(2) Expanding the definitions of "child abuse or neglect" in the State's child abuse law and "harm" in the State's Child Protection Act by adding as circumstances of "child abuse or neglect" and "harm":
(A) Acts that constitute the offense of promoting prostitution in the first degree; and
(B) Occurrences where a child is a victim of labor trafficking.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:
(1) Clarifying that the offense of promoting prostitution in the first degree is where the offender advances or profits from prostitution of a person less than 18 years old; and
(2) Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity and consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1187, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1187, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
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ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair |
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____________________________ MELE CARROLL, Co-Chair |
____________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ KARL RHOADS, Co-Chair |
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