CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2011

RE:    S.B. No. 44

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 44, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to:

     (1)  Require the Department of Public Safety to establish and publish on its website key performance indicators or measures to be incorporated into reports that evaluate the Department's efforts to improve offender reentry and rehabilitation; and

     (2)  Consolidate into one report other specified reports of the Department of Public Safety.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that Act 8, First Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2007 (Act 8), enacted the Community Safety Act, which was codified as chapter 353H, Hawaii Revised Statutes.  The Community Safety Act established a comprehensive offender reentry system under the purview of the Department of Public Safety. Act 8 also required the Department of Public Safety to submit to the Legislature annual reports through 2010 relating to the implementation, progress, and effectiveness of the program components specified in Act 8.  Your Committee on Conference finds that performance indicators are an effective means of tracking the progress of the comprehensive reentry system.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Codifying into the Hawaii Revised Statutes the language requiring the Department of Public Safety to submit to the Legislature an annual consolidated corrections and program report;

     (2)  Requiring the Department of Public Safety to submit an annual report to the Legislature before each Regular Session on key performance indicators that track the rehabilitation and reentry efforts for individuals who are prepared to exit the correctional system;

     (3)  Inserting an effective date of upon approval; and

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 44, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 44, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Co-Chair	____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Chair
____________________________ TY CULLEN, Co-Chair