STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1847

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.B. No. 1174

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1174, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to strengthen the bonds between incarcerated parents and their children by requiring the development of incarcerated parent-child interaction programs for both male and female offenders incarcerated at state correctional facilities and institutions servicing other offender populations.

     The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Community Alliance on Prisons, Parents and Children Together, SKIP Partnership, Child and Family Services, Hawaii Youth Services Network, and numerous concerned individuals supported this bill.  The Department of Public Safety submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

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

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair