STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1316

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.C.R. No. 137

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 137 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF DIVERTING DRUG POSSESSION OFFENDERS FROM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM TO DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to find viable alternatives to incarceration for drug possession offenders by requesting that the Attorney General assess the impact of diverting drug possession offenders from the criminal justice system to drug treatment programs.

     The Community Alliance on Prisons, The Drug Policy Action Group, Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition, Ku Aloha Ola Mau, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, and The Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii testified in support of this measure.  The Department of the Attorney General testified in opposition to this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 137 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair