STAND. COM. REP. NO.  528-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2602

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2602 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CREDIT FOR TIME OF DETENTION PRIOR TO SENTENCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify that a defendant will not earn credit on a sentence imposed for a subsequent conviction for time served on a previous unrelated felony conviction.

The Department of Public Safety and a concerned individual supported this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to January 7, 2059, to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2602, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2602, H.D. 1, and 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