Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1750 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to support community-based reintegration programs for female offenders transitioning back into the community.

The ACLU of Hawaii, Community Alliance on Prisons, Corrections Research Institute, TJ Mahoney & Associates, Ka Hale Hoala Hou No Na Wahine, Hawaii Women Lawyers, Barbara Bloom & Associates, and numerous concerned individuals testified in support of this measure. The Department of Public Safety and Hawaii Paroling Authority supported the intent of this bill.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1750 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.