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. 467, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to improve the range and quality of programs offered to women and girls in corrections by establishing and appropriating funds for a gender-responsive environment and gender-responsive, community-based programs for female adjudicated youth and female offenders.

The Community Alliance on Prisons, Hawaii Juvenile Justice Project, Life of the Land, Hawaii Youth Services Network, National Association of Social Workers, Hawaii Chapter, American Friends Service Committee, TJ Mahoney & Associates, Ka Hale Ho'ala Hou No Na Wahine, ACLU of Hawaii, and numerous concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. The Department of Public Safety, Hawaii Paroling Authority, and Office of Youth Services supported the intent of this measure. The Department of the Attorney General offered comments.

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. 467, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 467, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.