STAND. COM. REP. NO.  874

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 413

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 413 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to promote the rehabilitation of nonviolent individuals with drug-related convictions through alternatives to incarceration and help them in their return to society by establishing and expanding drug treatment and reintegration programs.

     The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, American Civil Liberties Union, Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, Community Alliance on Prisons, Hepatitis Prevention & Support Network of Hawai‘i, and two concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Public Safety testified in opposition to this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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 H.B. No. 413, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 413, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair