Hawaii 2022 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB799 Compare Versions

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1	1	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.B. NO. 799 THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 STATE OF HAWAII A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to protections for Children. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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31	31	A BILL FOR AN ACT
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37	37	relating to protections for Children.
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43	43	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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47	47	SECTION 1. Chapter 806, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows: "§806‑ Expedited proceedings; continuances; trial. (a) In all criminal proceedings of criminal offenses perpetuated against a minor, or any other criminal proceedings involving a minor victim or minor witness of any physical abuse, the court and the prosecution may take appropriate action, including setting the case for priority in the court docket, to ensure a prompt trial in order to minimize the length of time a minor must endure the stress of the minor's involvement in the proceedings. (b) In deciding whether to grant a continuance, the court may take into consideration the age of the minor and the potential adverse impact the delay may have on the minor's well-being. (c) The court may impose sanctions against an attorney for the defense who is unprepared to commence trial, unless good cause is shown." SECTION 2. Section 706-624, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (2) to read as follows: "(2) Discretionary conditions. The court may provide, as further conditions of a sentence of probation, to the extent that the conditions are reasonably related to the factors set forth in section 706-606 and to the extent that the conditions involve only deprivations of liberty or property as are reasonably necessary for the purposes indicated in section 706-606(2), that the defendant: (a) Serve a term of imprisonment to be determined by the court at sentencing in class A felony cases under section 707-702, not exceeding two years in class A felony cases under part IV of chapter 712, not exceeding eighteen months in class B felony cases, not exceeding one year in class C felony cases, not exceeding six months in misdemeanor cases, and not exceeding five days in petty misdemeanor cases; provided that notwithstanding any other provision of law, any order of imprisonment under this subsection that provides for prison work release shall require the defendant to pay thirty per cent of the defendant's gross pay earned during the prison work release period to satisfy any restitution order. The payment shall be handled by the adult probation division and shall be paid to the victim on a monthly basis; (b) Perform a specified number of hours of services to the community as described in section 706-605(1)(d); (c) Support the defendant's dependents and meet other family responsibilities; (d) Pay a fine imposed pursuant to section 706-605(1)(b); (e) Work conscientiously at suitable employment or pursue conscientiously a course of study or vocational training that will equip the defendant for suitable employment; (f) Refrain from engaging in a specified occupation, business, or profession bearing a reasonably direct relationship to the conduct constituting the crime or engage in the specified occupation, business, or profession only to a stated degree or under stated circumstances; (g) Refrain from frequenting specified kinds of places or from associating unnecessarily with specified persons, including the victim of the crime, any witnesses, regardless of whether they actually testified in the prosecution, law enforcement officers, co-defendants, or other individuals with whom contact may adversely affect the rehabilitation or reformation of the person convicted; (h) Refrain from use of alcohol or any use of narcotic drugs or controlled substances without a prescription; (i) Refrain from possessing a firearm, ammunition, destructive device, or other dangerous weapon; (j) Undergo available medical or mental health assessment and treatment, including assessment and treatment for substance abuse dependency, and remain in a specified facility if required for that purpose; (k) Reside in a specified place or area or refrain from residing in a specified place or area[;], including limiting a covered offender under chapter 846E, from residing no less than five hundred feet of any school, child care facility, playground, or park; (l) Submit to periodic urinalysis or other similar testing procedure; (m) Refrain from entering specified geographical areas without the court's permission; (n) Refrain from leaving the person's dwelling place except to go to and from the person's place of employment, the office of the person's physician or dentist, the probation office, or any other location as may be approved by the person's probation officer pursuant to court order. As used in this paragraph, "dwelling place" includes the person's yard or, in the case of condominiums, the common elements; (o) Comply with a specified curfew; (p) Submit to monitoring by an electronic monitoring device; (q) Submit to a search by any probation officer, with or without a warrant, of the defendant's person, residence, vehicle, or other sites or property under the defendant's control, based upon the probation officer's reasonable suspicion that illicit substances or contraband may be found on the person or in the place to be searched; (r) Sign a waiver of extradition and pay extradition costs as determined and ordered by the court; (s) Comply with a service plan developed using current assessment tools; and (t) Satisfy other reasonable conditions as the court may impose." SECTION 3. Section 626-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending rule 616 to read as follows: "Rule 616 [Televised] Video testimony of child. In any prosecution [of an abuse offense or sexual offense alleged to have been committed against] in which a child less than eighteen years of age at the time of the testimony[,] is called to testify before the court, the court may order that the testimony of the child be taken in a room other than the courtroom and be televised by two-way closed circuit video equipment or by video-conferencing technology, to be viewed by the court, the accused, and the trier of fact, if the court finds that requiring the child to testify in the physical presence of the accused would likely result in serious emotional distress to the child and substantial impairment of the child's ability to communicate. During the entire course of such a procedure, the attorneys for the defendant and for the State shall have the right to be present with the child, and full direct and cross-examination shall be available as a matter of right." SECTION 4. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date. SECTION 5. If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the Act that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Act are severable. SECTION 6. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored. SECTION 7. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. INTRODUCED BY: _____________________________
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49	49	SECTION 1. Chapter 806, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
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51	51	"§806‑ Expedited proceedings; continuances; trial. (a) In all criminal proceedings of criminal offenses perpetuated against a minor, or any other criminal proceedings involving a minor victim or minor witness of any physical abuse, the court and the prosecution may take appropriate action, including setting the case for priority in the court docket, to ensure a prompt trial in order to minimize the length of time a minor must endure the stress of the minor's involvement in the proceedings.
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53	53	(b) In deciding whether to grant a continuance, the court may take into consideration the age of the minor and the potential adverse impact the delay may have on the minor's well-being.
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55	55	(c) The court may impose sanctions against an attorney for the defense who is unprepared to commence trial, unless good cause is shown."
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57	57	SECTION 2. Section 706-624, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (2) to read as follows:
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59	59	"(2) Discretionary conditions. The court may provide, as further conditions of a sentence of probation, to the extent that the conditions are reasonably related to the factors set forth in section 706-606 and to the extent that the conditions involve only deprivations of liberty or property as are reasonably necessary for the purposes indicated in section 706-606(2), that the defendant:
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61	61	(a) Serve a term of imprisonment to be determined by the court at sentencing in class A felony cases under section 707-702, not exceeding two years in class A felony cases under part IV of chapter 712, not exceeding eighteen months in class B felony cases, not exceeding one year in class C felony cases, not exceeding six months in misdemeanor cases, and not exceeding five days in petty misdemeanor cases; provided that notwithstanding any other provision of law, any order of imprisonment under this subsection that provides for prison work release shall require the defendant to pay thirty per cent of the defendant's gross pay earned during the prison work release period to satisfy any restitution order. The payment shall be handled by the adult probation division and shall be paid to the victim on a monthly basis;
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63	63	(b) Perform a specified number of hours of services to the community as described in section 706-605(1)(d);
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65	65	(c) Support the defendant's dependents and meet other family responsibilities;
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67	67	(d) Pay a fine imposed pursuant to section 706-605(1)(b);
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69	69	(e) Work conscientiously at suitable employment or pursue conscientiously a course of study or vocational training that will equip the defendant for suitable employment;
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71	71	(f) Refrain from engaging in a specified occupation, business, or profession bearing a reasonably direct relationship to the conduct constituting the crime or engage in the specified occupation, business, or profession only to a stated degree or under stated circumstances;
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73	73	(g) Refrain from frequenting specified kinds of places or from associating unnecessarily with specified persons, including the victim of the crime, any witnesses, regardless of whether they actually testified in the prosecution, law enforcement officers, co-defendants, or other individuals with whom contact may adversely affect the rehabilitation or reformation of the person convicted;
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75	75	(h) Refrain from use of alcohol or any use of narcotic drugs or controlled substances without a prescription;
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77	77	(i) Refrain from possessing a firearm, ammunition, destructive device, or other dangerous weapon;
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79	79	(j) Undergo available medical or mental health assessment and treatment, including assessment and treatment for substance abuse dependency, and remain in a specified facility if required for that purpose;
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81	81	(k) Reside in a specified place or area or refrain from residing in a specified place or area[;], including limiting a covered offender under chapter 846E, from residing no less than five hundred feet of any school, child care facility, playground, or park;
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83	83	(l) Submit to periodic urinalysis or other similar testing procedure;
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85	85	(m) Refrain from entering specified geographical areas without the court's permission;
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87	87	(n) Refrain from leaving the person's dwelling place except to go to and from the person's place of employment, the office of the person's physician or dentist, the probation office, or any other location as may be approved by the person's probation officer pursuant to court order. As used in this paragraph, "dwelling place" includes the person's yard or, in the case of condominiums, the common elements;
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89	89	(o) Comply with a specified curfew;
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91	91	(p) Submit to monitoring by an electronic monitoring device;
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93	93	(q) Submit to a search by any probation officer, with or without a warrant, of the defendant's person, residence, vehicle, or other sites or property under the defendant's control, based upon the probation officer's reasonable suspicion that illicit substances or contraband may be found on the person or in the place to be searched;
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95	95	(r) Sign a waiver of extradition and pay extradition costs as determined and ordered by the court;
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97	97	(s) Comply with a service plan developed using current assessment tools; and
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99	99	(t) Satisfy other reasonable conditions as the court may impose."
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101	101	SECTION 3. Section 626-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending rule 616 to read as follows:
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103	103	"Rule 616 [Televised] Video testimony of child. In any prosecution [of an abuse offense or sexual offense alleged to have been committed against] in which a child less than eighteen years of age at the time of the testimony[,] is called to testify before the court, the court may order that the testimony of the child be taken in a room other than the courtroom and be televised by two-way closed circuit video equipment or by video-conferencing technology, to be viewed by the court, the accused, and the trier of fact, if the court finds that requiring the child to testify in the physical presence of the accused would likely result in serious emotional distress to the child and substantial impairment of the child's ability to communicate. During the entire course of such a procedure, the attorneys for the defendant and for the State shall have the right to be present with the child, and full direct and cross-examination shall be available as a matter of right."
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105	105	SECTION 4. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
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107	107	SECTION 5. If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the Act that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Act are severable.
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109	109	SECTION 6. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
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111	111	SECTION 7. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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121	121	Report Title: Child Abuse; Expedited Criminal Proceedings; Sex Offenders; Offenders Against Minors; Residency Restriction; Hawaii Rules of Evidence; Video Testimony of Children Description: Allows the court and the prosecution to ensure a prompt trial for certain proceedings involving minors. Allows a court to prohibit residency from certain areas for persons convicted of a crime against minors or sexual offense. Amends Hawaii Rules of Evidence to allow a child to testify before the court using teleconferencing or videoconferencing if an in-person testimony will cause harm to the child. The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
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129	129	Child Abuse; Expedited Criminal Proceedings; Sex Offenders; Offenders Against Minors; Residency Restriction; Hawaii Rules of Evidence; Video Testimony of Children
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135	135	Allows the court and the prosecution to ensure a prompt trial for certain proceedings involving minors. Allows a court to prohibit residency from certain areas for persons convicted of a crime against minors or sexual offense. Amends Hawaii Rules of Evidence to allow a child to testify before the court using teleconferencing or videoconferencing if an in-person testimony will cause harm to the child.
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141	141	The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.