THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2025
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010		S.D. 2
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO PAROLE.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Section 353-70, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§353-70  Final discharge.  Whenever, in [its] the opinion[,] of the Hawaii paroling authority, any paroled prisoner has given such evidence as is deemed reliable and trustworthy that the paroled prisoner will remain at liberty without violating the law and that the paroled prisoner's final release is not incompatible with the welfare of society, the Hawaii paroling authority may grant the prisoner a written discharge from further liability under the prisoner's sentence.

     Any paroled prisoner who has been on parole for at least five years shall be brought before the paroling authority for purposes of consideration for final discharge [and complete pardon.  In the event the prisoner is not granted a final discharge and full pardon, the paroled prisoner shall be brought before the paroling authority for the aforementioned purposes annually thereafter.

Any person, who, while on parole, enters the military service of the United States, may, upon the person's honorable discharge therefrom, petition the paroling authority for a final discharge, and the paroling authority may consider the honorable discharge as grounds for granting a final discharge from parole and recommending to the governor a full pardon]."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Report Title:

Parole; Final Discharge

Description:

Repeals provision to require annual review by the paroling authority of paroled prisoner who is not granted a final discharge and full pardon.  Repeals provision to allow a paroled prisoner who enters military service of the U.S. to petition for final discharge from parole based on an honorable discharge from the military.  (SD2)

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