HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

 

AMENDMENT TO:			H.B. No. 622, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1 (Relating to Evidence)
OFFERED BY:		Representative Scott K. Saiki
DATE:	April 30, 2013

 

 

            SECTION 1.  House Bill No. 622, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1, RELATING TO EVIDENCE, is amended as follows:

 

     1.  By amending section 1 to read:

 

     "SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that Act 210, Session Laws of Hawaii 2008, (Act 210), established a limited news media privilege against the compelled disclosure of sources and unpublished information to a legislative, executive, or judicial officer or body, or to any other person who may compel testimony.  Act 210 was scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2011, but was extended for two years by Act 113, Session Laws of Hawaii 2011, and is scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2013.

            The purpose of this Act is to extend the news media privilege law for an additional two years."

 

     2.  By amending section 2 to read:

     "SECTION 2.  Act 210, Session Laws of Hawaii 2008, as amended by Act 113, Session Laws of Hawaii 2011, is amended by amending section 3 to read as follows:

     "SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval and shall be repealed on June 30, [2013] 2015."

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