STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1452-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.R. No. 47

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.R. No. 47, H.D. 1, entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TASK FORCE TO STUDY EFFECTIVE INCARCERATION POLICIES TO IMPROVE HAWAII'S CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the establishment of a task force to study effective incarceration policies used in Hawaii and other jurisdictions to develop and make recommendations to the Legislature on methods and strategies to improve Hawaii's correctional system.

The Judiciary, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hawaii Paroling Authority, and two concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Public Safety, Crime Victim Compensation Commission, Community Alliance on Prisons, and one concerned individual provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure to require the Task Force to deliver all materials that are necessary for the preparation of its report to the Legislative Reference Bureau before October 1, 2016.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 47, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 47, H.D. 2.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair