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 S.B. No. 1781 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to lower the rate of recidivism among the former inmate population by appropriating funds for community-based reintegration programs that assist former inmates in successfully transitioning back into the community.

The ACLU of Hawaii, Community Alliance on Prisons, A Woman's Voice International, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. The Hawaii Paroling Authority supported the intent of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

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 S.B. No. 1781, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1781, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.