Bill Text: HI SB2153 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: DNA Analysis Fee; Deferred Plea; Interstate Compact Transferees
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-03-04 - (H) Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 37 [SB2153 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-SB2153-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2532
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 2153
S.D. 1
Honorable Colleen Hanabusa
President of the Senate
Twenty-Fifth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2010
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2153, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DNA ANALYSIS FEE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to require defendants who obtain deferral of their pleas and felony offenders who transfer to Hawaii under an interstate compact to pay the DNA analysis fee or associated costs.
Your Committee received comments in support of this measure from the Judiciary and the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu. The written comments may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.
Your Committee finds that defendants convicted of, who obtain a deferred plea for, or who are found not guilty by reason of insanity for a felony are required to provide a DNA sample and hand print. As part of the disposition of a case, however, only convicted defendants are currently required to pay the assessment or cost. Your Committee believes that defendants with deferred pleas or other dispositions should not be relieved of an obligation to pay for a DNA analysis.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2153, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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____________________________ DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair |
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