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. 488 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to continue the process of safely integrating nonviolent criminal offenders back into communities by appropriating funds to expand work release opportunities for female inmates.

The Community Alliance on Prisons, A Woman's Voice International, and a number of concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. The Department of Public Safety supported the intent of the measure.

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. 488 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.