Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 3215, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, entitled:

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to continue the Children of Incarcerated Parents Task Force through 2007.

This measure enables the Children of Incarcerated Parents Task Force to continue its efforts to develop programs to aid children whose parents are incarcerated, to strengthen these families, and to break the cycle of violence within them.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2006, amending the sunset date to December 31, 2007 in order to give the Task Force time to file its report to the Legislature, inserting a dollar amount to be appropriated, and by making technical, non-substantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3215, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3215, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.