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.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 808-586-6360.