Hawaii House Bill 1970 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 18 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-01-19 - (H) Referred to HUS, JUD, referral sheet 2
Pending: House Human Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Requires a parent, guardian, or other person having the care, custody, or control of a child to report the death of a child or location of the corpse of a child to law enforcement as soon as is reasonably possible after learning of the death or location of the corpse; requires a parent, guardian, or other person to report a missing child to law enforcement as soon as is reasonably possible after the parent, guardian, or other person obtains knowledge that the child is missing; establishes a class C felony offense for reporting violations and for giving false information to law enforcement authorities conducting a missing person investigation or a felony criminal investigation involving a child.

Children; Missing; Child Death; Reporting; Felony Offenses

Rep. Ryan Yamane [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-01-19		(H) Referred to HUS, JUD, referral sheet 2
2012-01-18		(H) Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2012-01-17		(H) Prefiled

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1970
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2012/Bills/HB1970_.HTM