STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1626-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.B. No. 2345

      S.D. 1

      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 Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2345, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILDREN,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ease the fear and stress children may experience when visiting a parent at correctional facilities by establishing a Bill of Rights for Children of Incarcerated Parents.

     The Community Alliance on Prisons, Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, Hawaii Youth Services Network, and several concerned individuals supported this bill.  The Department of Public Safety testified in opposition to this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2345, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair