STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1033-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2308

      S.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred S.B. No. 2308, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILDREN,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to strengthen families, improve society, reduce recidivism and improve behavior while in prison, and facilitate child development by appropriating funds for programs and services for children of incarcerated parents and to assist inmates with family reunification.

The Department of Public Safety; Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, County of Hawaii; Community Alliance on Prisons; Hawaii Youth Services Network; Witt Counseling Service; and numerous concerned individuals supported this measure.  

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2308, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety,

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HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair