STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1502

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   S.B. No. 44

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 44, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Public Safety (PSD) to:

(1)  Develop key performance indicators that reflect progress of the comprehensive offender reentry system and progress toward rehabilitation and reentry;

(2)  Submit a corrections and program report annually that reflects the consolidation of reports required by the laws that are specified in the bill; and

(3)  Require DPS to post reports electronically on its website in a timely manner.

     A member of the Maui County Council, Community Alliance on Prisons, Drug Policy Action Group, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, and several individuals testified in support of this bill.  PSD commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Placing in Session Laws of Hawaii, instead of the Hawaii Revised Statutes, provisions that require PSD to submit a corrections and program report annually, which reflects the consolidation of reports required by the laws that are specified in the bill;

(2)  Deleting the requirement that PSD submit an annual report to the Legislature, beginning with the 2012 Regular Session, that references key performance indicators that track rehabilitation and reentry efforts for individuals who are prepared to exit the correctional system;

(3)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage continued discussion; and

(4)  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 S.B. No. 44, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 44, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair