Bill Text: HI HB1919 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Domestic Violence; Family Court; Appropriation

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-07 - (H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Takai excused (1). [HB1919 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-HB1919-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  158-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1919

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 1919 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Establish a domestic violence court pilot program, temporary domestic violence task force, and family justice center task force;

 

     (2)  Broaden the group of persons required to report child abuse and neglect to include family members; and

                    

     (3)  Authorize the electronic monitoring of persons convicted of violating a domestic abuse temporary restraining order or protective order.

 

     A concerned individual supported this measure.  The Department of Human Services supported the intent of this measure.  The Office of Information Practices, the Judiciary, Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu, and the Domestic Violence Action Center offered comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Deleting provisions relating to the temporary domestic violence task force and family justice center task force;

 

     (2)  Deleting provisions that broadened the group of persons required to report child abuse and neglect to include family members;

                    

     (3)  Deleting provisions that authorized the electronic monitoring of persons convicted of violating a domestic abuse temporary restraining order or protective order;

 

     (4)  Appropriating an unspecified amount to the domestic violence court pilot program to be expended by the Judiciary;

 

     (5)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote further discussion; and

 

     (6)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1919, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1919, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

 

 

		____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair