STAND. COM. REP. NO.  736-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2226

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2226, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AN AUTOMATED VICTIM NOTIFICATION SYSTEM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to enhance timely notification and information provided to victims and concerned members of the community regarding the status of inmates by, among other things:

(1)  Establishing a permanent statewide automated victim information and notification system in the Department of Public Safety;

(2)  Creating the Automated Victim Information and Notification System Special Fund for the development and operating expenses of the victim information and notification system; and

(3)  Establishing an automated victim information and notification system governance committee to advise the Department of Public Safety on implementing the automated victim information and notification system.

The Crime Victim Compensation Commission; Hawaii Paroling Authority; Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, City and County of Honolulu; Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, Victim/Witness Assistance Division, County of Maui; The Sex Abuse Treatment Center; and several individuals testified in support of the measure.  The Department of Budget and Finance, Ohana Health Plan, and an individual commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Defining "offender";

(2)  Specifying that the automated victim information and notification system governance committee is allowed, rather than required, to include representatives from certain specified private entities;

(3)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate 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 H.B. No. 2226, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2226, H.D. 2.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair