STAND. COM. REP. NO.  375

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 29

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 29 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DEAD HUMAN BODIES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to establish a permit system for the display of dead human bodies.

 

     Laogai Research Foundation and several concerned individuals submitted testimony in support of this bill.  The Department of Health opposed this measure.

 

Your Committee notes that the definition of "dead human body" in this bill includes the phrase "death recently occurred," which may be too vague to allow for proper enforcement. Your Committee has directed proponents of the measure to clarify this matter for further consideration.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

    

     (1)  Changing the effective date to January 1, 2046, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive revisions for style, clarity, and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 29, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 29, H.D. 1.

 

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Chair