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RESOLUTION NO. 69 ij
A RESOLUTION URGING THE HAWAII STATE LEGISLATURE TO PASS SENATE
BILL NO. 574 AND HOUSE BILL NO. 1166 TO HELP VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC
ABUSE.
WHEREAS, Section 709-906 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes provides in part that abuse
of a family or household member has occurred if a person intentionally or knowingly impedes
the normal breathing or circulation of blood by applying pressure to the throat or neck of the
victim; and
WHEREAS, applying pressure to the mouth and nose similarly impedes normal
breathing and blood circulation, and as such, should be added to Section 709-906; and
WHEREAS, multiple victims of domestic abuse have suffered and ultimately died due to
forceful pressure that was intentionally or knowingly applied to their mouth and/or nose; and
and
WHEREAS, Section 709-906 provides that such an act be pursued as a Class C felony;
WHEREAS, Senate Bill No. 574 and House Bill No. 1166 helps to make the law
consistent with the crimes of strangulation and suffocation of a family or household member by
adding mouth and nose to the list of body parts contained in Section 709-906, Hawaii Revised
Statutes; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the
Hawaii State Senate is urged to pass Senate Bill No. 574 and House No. 1166 to help victims of
domestic abuse.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this
resolution to the Honorable Governor David Y. Ige; the Honorable Senate President Donna
Mercado Kim; the Honorable Speaker of the House of Representatives Joseph M. Souki; the
Honorable Senator Gil Keith-Agaran and the Honorable Karl Rhoads.
Dated at Kona , Hawai`i, this 18th day of February , 2015
INTRODUCED BY:
COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawaii
Hilo, Hawaii
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the
County of Hawaii on February 18, 2015
ATTEST:
COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDING OFFICER
ROLL CALL VOTE
Reference: C-107/Waived GREDC
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AYES NOES ABS EX
CHUNG
X
DAVID
x
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ILAGAN
KANUHA
X
ONISHI
PALEKA
POINDEXTER
X
WILLE
X
Reference: C-107/Waived GREDC
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