Bill Text: HI SCR171 | 2021 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Urging All Law Enforcement Officers And Prosecuting Attorneys In The State To Vigorously Enforce And Prosecute Offenses Committed Against Essential Workers While On The Job.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-21 - Certified copies of resolutions sent, 06-21-21. [SCR171 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2021-SCR171-Amended.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
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SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
URGING ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS IN THE STATE TO VIGOROUSLY ENFORCE AND PROSECUTE OFFENSES COMMITTED AGAINST ESSENTIAL WORKERS WHILE ON THE JOB.
WHEREAS, the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease, SARS-CoV-2, has given rise to the public's reliance upon a multitude of workers for essential services, such as health care, grocery and food service, hospitality, airline travel, and ground transportation; and
WHEREAS, essential workers' jobs often involve a high degree of face-to-face interaction with the public; and
WHEREAS, in the course of their employment, essential workers are required to relay to customers and other members of the public government-enacted emergency rules and orders; and
WHEREAS, in the course of their employment, essential workers are also required to enforce these rules and orders; and
WHEREAS, an essential worker is defined by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as those at "highest risk for work-related exposure to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, because their work-related duties must be performed on-suite and involve being in close proximity (<6 feet) to the public or to coworkers" and further lists the types of workers considered "essential workers;" and
WHEREAS, it is unacceptable that essential workers are often harassed or confronted, sometimes physically, while trying to do their jobs by persons who do not wish to follow the emergency rules and orders; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2021, the House of Representatives concurring, that all law enforcement officers and prosecuting attorneys in the State are urged to vigorously enforce and prosecute offenses committed against essential workers while on the job; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Chief of Police and Prosecuting Attorney of each county.
Essential Workers; Enforcement; Police; Prosecuting Attorney; COVID-19
