STAND. COM. REP. NO.  160

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 410

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred H.B. No. 410 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to assist the State in determining the most effective and efficient means of spending its resources on corrections by requiring a correctional impact statement to be attached to any bill that proposes a change in the law that will:

(1)  Create a new offense;

(2)  Significantly change an existing offense or the penalty for an existing offense; or

(3)  Change existing sentencing, parole, or probation procedures.

     The Hawaii Government Employees Association, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawai'i, Community Alliance on Prisons, Drug Policy Forum, African American Lawyers Association, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Public Safety and Hawaii Paroling authority submitted comments on this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 410 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Legislative Management.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety,

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FAYE HANOHANO, Chair