CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 84-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2014

RE:    S.B. No. 2308

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam and Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2308, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILDREN,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of Public Safety for programs and services that support the children of incarcerated parents and help with family reunification.

Your Committee on Conference finds that providing support to incarcerated and recently released parents and their children helps strengthen families and benefits society by reducing recidivism and improving child development.  This measure supports programs and services of the Department that address family core issues and enables the Department to expand its programs and services to all willing inmates who may have children that have been emotionally or behaviorally affected by the incarceration of a parent.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Inserting an appropriation amount of $125,000; and

     (2)  Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2014.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2308, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2308, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Co-Chair	____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair
____________________________ KANIELA ING, Co-Chair	____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Co-Chair
	____________________________ MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Co-Chair