STAND. COM. REP. NO. 312-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2389

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. 2389 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PAROLE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to specify that funds furnished by the Hawaii Paroling Authority to discharged persons be subject to legislative appropriation.

The Hawaii Paroling Authority, YWCA O‘ahu, and a concerned individual supported this measure. The Community Alliance on Prisons and Hawaii Friends of Restorative Justice offered comments.

Your Committee notes that the intent of this measure is to ensure funds furnished by the Hawaii Paroling Authority to discharged persons shall be used only for this specific purpose.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate 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. 2389, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2389, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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GREGG TAKAYAMA, Chair