STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2560
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 2025
S.D. 2
Honorable Colleen Hanabusa
President of the Senate
Twenty-Fifth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2010
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 2025, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PAROLE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Repeal the provision requiring annual review by the Hawaii Paroling Authority of paroled prisoners who are not granted a final discharge and full pardon; and
(2) Repeal the provision allowing a paroled prisoner who enters into military service of the United States to petition for final discharge from parole based on an honorable discharge from the military.
According to previous testimony of the Hawaii Paroling Authority, the intent of this measure is to update current law and to streamline the workload for staff at the Hawaii Paroling Authority. Your Committee finds that the Hawaii Paroling Authority should ensure that inmates appropriate for release are timely reviewed and not incarcerated for longer than is necessary, to provide inmates with the incentive to continue working on their rehabilitation and reentry into the community. This measure helps streamline the Hawaii Paroling Authority's duties and should result in more efficient operation of the Authority.
Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2025, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2025, S.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations,
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair |
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