Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 1311, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to enable the Judiciary to assume supervision and control over an incarcerated person qualifying for a drug court program.

The Judiciary, A Woman's Voice International, Community Alliance on Prisons, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill. The Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu and a concerned individual supported this measure with amendments. The Department of Public Safety testified that it did not support the bill. The Office of the Public Defender opposed this measure.

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. 1311, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.