STAND. COM. REP. NO.  583-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 3372

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services & Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 3372 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SERIOUS OFFENSES COMMITTED BY MINORS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow the Family Court to vest custody of a minor, who committed the offense of murder in the first and second degrees or sexual assault in the first degree, in a youth correctional facility until the minor reaches the age of 18, at which time the individual will be transferred to the Director of Public Safety to be imprisoned until the person reaches the age of 26.

     The Department of Public Safety provided comments.

     Your Committee recommends that the Office of Youth Services should testify at future hearings on this matter.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Removing some of the provisions relating to minimum terms of imprisonment and parole;

     (2)  Clarifying that minors under this measure may be housed in an adult correctional facility; and

     (3)  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 H.B. No. 3372, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 3372, 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