CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 192

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2007

RE:    S.B. No. 1174

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam and 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. 1174, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INCARCERATED PARENTS,"

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 support the continuation and expansion of parent-child interaction programs at state correctional facilities.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that it is important to support and foster parent-child relationships of incarcerated parents and other offender populations.  Your Committee on Conference further finds that the Strengthening Keiki of Incarcerated Parents Program has been successful and is a good model to use for replication at correctional facilities and other institutions and agencies that service offender populations throughout the State.

     Your Committee on Conference amended this measure by:

     (1)  Following the language of the Senate Draft No. 1, with the exception of expanding parent-child programs to agencies servicing offender populations as well as institutions and correctional facilities as per the House Draft No. 1;

     (2)  Inserting in the appropriation the specific amount of $250,000 for each fiscal year in the 2007-2009 fiscal biennium;

     (3)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2007; and

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for the purposes of consistency and clarity.

     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. 1174, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1174, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ CINDY EVANS, Co-Chair	____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Chair
____________________________ SHARON E. HAR, Co-Chair	____________________________ SHAN S. TSUTSUI, Co-Chair