STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1668-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   S.B. No. 2056

      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 S.B. No. 2056, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require a defendant's probation officer to provide information to the court regarding whether or not the defendant has complied with the conditions of the defendant's probation prior to the court granting the defendant early discharge from probation.

The Judiciary testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Public Safety testified in opposition to this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to promote 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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2056, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2056, H.D. 2.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair