Bill Text: HI SB224 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Child Abandonment
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [SB224 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-SB224-Introduced.html
Report Title:
Child Abandonment
Description:
Makes it a misdemeanor to abandon a child by leaving the child with a person whose identity cannot be proven or who cannot be later located.
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to child abandonment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Peter "Peter Boy" Kema Jr. disappeared in June 1997 and to date, has not been found. Some accounts allege Peter Boy was given to a family friend, whose existence could not be confirmed by police. The purpose of this Act is to deter child abandonment, by expanding the offense to include the act of leaving a child with a person whose identity cannot be proven, or with a person who cannot be located.
SECTION 2. Section 709-902, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (1) to read as follows:
"§709-902 Abandonment of a child. (1)
A person commits the offense of abandonment of a child if, being a parent,
guardian, or other person legally charged with the care or custody of a child
less than fourteen years old, the person [deserts]:
(a) Deserts the child in any place with
intent to abandon it[.]; or
(b) Leaves the child with another person knowing that:
(i) The other person's identity cannot be proven through official records such as a birth certificate, school diploma, court documents, employment applications, Social Security Administration records, or documents proving next of kin; or
(ii) The person will not be able to locate or find the other person."
SECTION 3. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun, before its effective date.
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on June 1, 2009.
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