STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1279-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   S.B. No. 2250

      S.D. 1

      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 S.B. No. 2250, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PAROLE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to encourage the Hawaii Paroling Authority to work with offenders in the community by authorizing the Hawaii Paroling Authority to use a continuum of administrative sanctions in lieu of revocation of parole when a parolee violates a term or condition of parole.

The Community Alliance on Prisons, Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, and concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Hawaii Paroling Authority testified in support of the intent of this measure with an amendment.  The Department of Public Safety offered comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Removing specified hours of community service as an appropriate and available sanction in the continuum of sanctions because the Hawaii Paroling Authority testified that it did not have the resources for such a sanction; 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 S.B. No. 2250, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2250, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

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

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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair