STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2082

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2432
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No.
2432 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO A SENTENCING SIMULATION
     MODEL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for the
development, implementation, and maintenance of a sentencing
simulation model for Hawaii's criminal justice system.

     Your Committee believes that this measure will bring to
light the truth about our criminal offender population through
the development and administration of a centralized offender
database.  Your Committee further believes that the consolidation
and interpretation of data on convicted offenders is essential to
the efficient allocation of prison, probation, and community
resources.  Your Committee notes that this bill will also assist
policy-makers by providing definitive information in evaluating
the impact of relevant proposals on criminal justice and
correctional resources.  Therefore, your Committee agrees that
this sentencing simulation model will serve as a valuable tool
for all three branches of government, and thus it should be our
highest legislative priority.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Judiciary, the Department of the Attorney General, the Department
of Public Safety, the Hawaii Paroling Authority, the Department
of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu,

 
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the Office of the Public Defender, the Honolulu Police
Department, the Hawaii County Police Department, the Maui County
Police Department, the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii,
the Community Alliance on Prisons, and TJ Mahoney & Associates.

     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 S.B. No.
2432 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred
to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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



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                                   AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair



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                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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