STAND. COM. REP. NO.  46-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

RE:   H.B. No. 1993

      H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred H.B. No. 1993 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to increase transparency regarding conditions under which Hawaii inmates are held in correctional institutions.  Specifically, this measure:

     (1)  Requires the Director of Public Safety to submit an annual public report of information, statistics, and Department procedures regarding inmate deaths and serious or violent incidents involving inmates; and

     (2)  Specifies that any inmate transferred to any out-of-state correctional institution shall remain subject to the continuing jurisdiction of Hawaii and may be removed from the institution for any purpose permitted by Hawaii law.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and Ho‘omanapono Political Action Committee supported this measure.  The Community Alliance on Prisons opposed this measure.  The Department of Public Safety offered comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote further discussion.

     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 H.B. No. 1993, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1993, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

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

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GREGG TAKAYAMA, Chair