Hawaii Senate Bill 2966 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-08 - Re-Referred to CPH/JDC.
Pending: Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Establishes the class B felony offense of prohibited acts related to female genital mutilation. Requires prosecuting attorneys of the respective counties to keep annual statistics on cases involving prohibited acts related to female genital mutilation and the Judiciary's administrative director of the courts to annually compile and report these statistics to the legislature. Requires the Department of Health to design and implement a plan for raising awareness about, preventing, and treating female genital mutilation and to report regularly to the legislature on plan implementation.

Relating To Female Genital Mutilation.

Sen. Maile Shimabukuro [D]

Sen. Lorraine Inouye [D]

Sen. Kaiali'i Kahele [D]

Sen. Gil Riviere [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-08	Senate	Re-Referred to CPH/JDC.
2018-01-26	Senate	Referred to PSM/CPH, JDC.
2018-01-24	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2018-01-24	Senate	Introduced.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2966&year=2018
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2966_.HTM