CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 33

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2017

RE:    H.B. No. 1135

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1135, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

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

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 bill is to:

     (1)  Make permanent certain provisions of Act 139, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, the Justice Reinvestment Initiative, relating to pretrial risk assessments, parole, and parole hearings;

     (2)  Create standards and procedures for income-withholding for purposes of enforcing restitution orders;

     (3)  Clarify the priority of income withholding orders;

     (4)  Amend the definition of "debt" relating to the recovery of money owed to the State to include court-ordered restitution subject to civil enforcement;

     (5)  Require that any bail posted by a defendant be applied toward payment of any court-ordered restitution in the same case; and

     (6)  Extend victims' access to adult probation records to include access to payment compliance records.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Deleting the provisions that created standards and procedures for income-withholding for purposes of enforcing restitution orders and the priority of income withholding orders; and

     (2)  Changing the effective date to upon approval.

     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 H.B. No. 1135, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1135, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA Chair	____________________________ GREGG TAKAYAMA Co-Chair
____________________________ KARL RHOADS Co-Chair	____________________________ JOY A. SAN BUENAVENTURA Co-Chair
____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH Co-Chair	____________________________ MATTHEW S. LOPRESTI Co-Chair