Bill Text: HI HB1297 | 2015 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Abuse of a Corpse; Traditional Hawaiian Cultural Customs and Practices
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2015-04-22 - Received notice of change in conferees (Hse. Com. No. 628). [HB1297 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2015-HB1297-Amended.html
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to amend the penal code to support the treatment and burial of a corpse consistent with traditional Hawaiian cultural customs and practices.
SECTION 2. Section 711-1108, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (1) to read as follows:
"(1) A person commits
the offense of abuse of a corpse if, except as authorized by law, the person
treats a human corpse in a way that the person knows would outrage ordinary
family sensibilities[.]; provided that the preparation of a corpse
for burial and the burial of a corpse in a manner consistent with traditional
Hawaiian cultural customs and practices shall not be a violation of this
section."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Abuse of a Corpse; Traditional Hawaiian Cultural Customs and Practices
Description:
Provides that the preparation of a corpse for burial and the burial of the corpse in a manner consistent with traditional Hawaiian cultural customs and practices shall not constitute the abuse of a corpse within the penal code. (HB1297 HD1)
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