STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1720-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.B. No. 2546

      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. 2546, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO OFFENDER REENTRY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to assist adult offenders with their reintegration back into society and offer a full continuum of services that are accessible during and immediately after their incarceration by making amendments clarifying the implementation of the law establishing a mandatory comprehensive offender reentry system under the supervision of the Department of Public Safety (PSD).

     The Drug Policy Action Group and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Human Services, PSD, and Community Alliance on Prisons provided comments 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. 2546, 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