STAND. COM. REP. NO.923
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: S.B. No. 859
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 859, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PAROLE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to allow a prisoner to be eligible for early parole for good behavior.
The Office of the Public Defender, the Community Alliance on Prisons, and four concerned citizens testified in support of this bill. The Department of Public Safety supported the intent of this bill. The Hawaii Paroling Authority and the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu opposed this bill.
Your Committee finds that earned time would promote public safety by motivating offenders to actively participate in their rehabilitation.
Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Deleting its contents and inserting the contents of H.B. No. 349, H.D. 1, which establishes the earned time program to be administered by the Department of Public Safety;
(2) Clarifying the language regarding the applicability of earned time to inmates with mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 859, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 859, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs,
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____________________________ NESTOR GARCIA, Chair |