STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1491

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.B. No. 1174

      S.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 Public Safety & Military Affairs, 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 support the continuation and expansion of parent-child interaction programs, such as the Strengthening Keiki of Incarcerated Parents (SKIP) project, at other state correctional facilities and institutions to facilitate appropriate interactions and bonding between offender parents and their children.

     The Community Alliance on Prisons, SKIP Partnership, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Keiki O Ka Aina Family Leaning Centers, and several concerned individuals supported this bill.  The Department of Public Safety submitted comments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1174, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs,

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SHARON E. HAR, Acting Chair and Vice Chair