STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1032

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1135

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1135 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to ensure the continued effectiveness of the Justice Reinvestment Initiative in reducing recidivism and promoting public safety by making permanent its provisions relating to timely pretrial risk assessments, confinement duration of a prisoner retaken on a parole violation, the use of validated research-based risk assessments by the Hawaii Paroling Authority, and victim restitution.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and Hawaii Paroling Authority supported this measure.  A concerned individual opposed this measure.  The Department of Public Safety offered comments.  

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1135, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1135, H.D. 1.

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

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair