STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1295

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.B. No. 1444

      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 Human Services & Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 1444, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PURPOSE OF THE HAWAII YOUTH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to clarify the goals of the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facilities (HYCF) to focus on rehabilitation and reentry services.

     The Office of Youth Services, Attorney General, Hawaii Youth Services Network, Community Alliance on Prisons, and American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Making a corresponding amendment to the law pertaining to the family courts by changing the term "incarceration" to "custody"; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services & Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1444, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1444, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services & Housing,

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MAILE SHIMABUKURO, Chair