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

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

____________________________

SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

 

____________________________

MELE CARROLL, Co-Chair

____________________________

GLENN WAKAI, Co-Chair

 

____________________________

KARL RHOADS, Co-Chair