STAND. COM. REP. NO. 82-12
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2012
RE: H.B. No. 1716
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2012
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 1716 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to strengthen protections for survivors of domestic abuse by:
(1) Authorizing a court to issue a permanent protective order to prevent sexual offenses or child abuse; and
(2) Expanding the definition of domestic abuse.
Specifically, this measure:
(1) Establishes that if a protective order is intended to prevent sexual offenses or child abuse or a recurrence of such acts between family or household members, the court shall issue a permanent protective order; and
(2) Amends the definition of domestic abuse to include sexual offenses or child abuse committed by one family or household member against another family or household member, regardless of age.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Specifying that a permanent protective order shall be granted based on an act that would constitute felony sexual assault or felony child abuse; and
(2) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1716, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1716, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,
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____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair |
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