Bill Text: HI SB110 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Intoxicating Liquor; Minors; Immunity From Prosecution
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-12-01 - Carried over to 2012 Regular Session. [SB110 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-SB110-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 173
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 110
S.D. 1
Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui
President of the Senate
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2011
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 110 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR VIOLATIONS INVOLVING MINORS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to provide minors with immunity from prosecution for the consumption, purchase, or possession of liquor under limited circumstances where a minor summons medical treatment for another minor who requires medical treatment as a result of consuming liquor.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from two entities and four individuals.
Under this measure, immunity is afforded to a minor if the minor summons medical treatment for another minor who requires the medical treatment as a result of consuming liquor; remains on the scene with the minor who is in need of medical treatment until the medical treatment is administered to the minor; and cooperates with medical assistance and law enforcement personnel on the scene. The immunity is also afforded to one or two other minors acting in concert with the minor in summoning the help, if those other minors are in similar compliance.
Your Committee finds that minors faced with a medical emergency as a result of excess drinking of alcohol, particularly in groups, often hesitate to call for help because of the fear of facing legal charges related to alcohol possession and use by a minor. Providing immunity under these limited circumstances has proven to be an effective means of saving lives by encouraging young people to call for help.
Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 110, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 110, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Labor.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs,
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____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Chair |
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