STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1606-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.B. No. 2082

      S.D. 2

      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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2082, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure the safety and well-being of female inmates currently housed on the mainland who will return to Hawaii by requiring the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to develop a plan by January 1, 2009, to ensure successful reentry into the community for female inmates returning from the mainland.

     The Community Alliance on Prisons, Maui Economic Opportunity, Inc.'s Being Empowered and Safe Together Reintegration Program, the Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, and several concerned individuals supported this bill.  DPS commented on this measure.

     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. 2082, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair