Bill Text: HI SB2716 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Child Protective Act

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-05-24 - (H) Act 135, on 5/24/2010 (Gov. Msg. No. 352). [SB2716 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SB2716-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1190-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2716

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2716, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILD PROTECTIVE ACT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to create within the jurisdiction of the family court a new Child Protective Act to make paramount the safety and health of children who have been harmed or are in life circumstances that threaten harm.

 

     The Department of Human Services, Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  The Judiciary and several concerned individuals offered comments.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2716, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

		____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair