THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2008

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY

Senator Will Espero, Chair

Senator Clarence K. Nishihara, Vice Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2008

DATE:	Tuesday, February 5, 2008
TIME:	2:45 p.m.
PLACE:	Conference Room 225 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

(Deferred from Tuesday, January 29, 2008)

SB 2344 Testimony	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Requires the department of public safety to establish performance indicators to ensure that the department is in compliance with the Community Safety Act of 2007.  Requires monthly reports to the legislature, using key performance indicators, such as inmate drug test failure rates, educational goals achieved, reentry plans, post-incarceration employment, victim restitution paid, and recidivism rates.	PBS
SB 2342 Testimony	RELATING TO THE AUDITOR. Requires the auditor to conduct performance audits of private prisons on the mainland that house Hawaii prisoners.  Makes appropriation.	PBS, WAM
SB 2343 Testimony	RELATING TO PAROLE. Establishes an earned-time program that provides incentives for inmate rehabilitation by allowing inmates to become eligible for parole when they make consistent progress in completing programs while incarcerated.  Appropriates funds.	PBS, WAM
SB 2334 Testimony	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Repeals exemption from civil service of the first and second deputy sheriff; requires the deputy director for law enforcement and the sheriff to be graduates of a law enforcement academy.	PBS, JDL
SB 2081 Testimony	RELATING TO THE HAWAII PENAL CODE. Enacts procedures for pardons; requires the governor to give public notice of intended pardons.	PBS, JDL

No testimony will be accepted.

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