STAND. COM. REP. NO.  589-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2363

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2363, H.D. 2, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish, and appropriate funds for, a two-year pilot project to demonstrate the cost-effectiveness of providing a coordinated system of reentry treatment and support services to help nonviolent, low-risk drug offenders transition from prison back into the community.

The City and County of Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, Office of the Public Offender, Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition, Community Alliance on Prisons, Na Koa Ikaika, National Association of Reformed Criminals, and numerous individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Public Safety commented on this measure.

     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. 2363, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair