STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3517

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2389

H.D. 1

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2389, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PAROLE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to facilitate the transition from prison upon discharge or parole for certain committed persons.

More specifically, this measure:

(1) Requires that a committed person receive appropriate resource referrals as a prior condition to receiving any cash furnished by the Hawaii Paroling Authority;

(2) Specifies that the moneys furnished by the Authority for discharged or paroled individuals shall be subject to the availability of legislative appropriations authorized and allocated for that purpose; and

(3) Prohibits the Hawaii Paroling Authority from using any moneys that are appropriated to provide for the immediate needs of a discharged or paroled individual for any other purpose.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from YWCA O`ahu, Community Alliance on Prisons, and the Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai`i.

Your Committee finds that appropriate resource referrals, in addition to a provision of moneys from the Hawaii Paroling Authority, may help to ensure that a discharged or paroled individual successfully transitions back into society.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical nonsubstantive changes for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2389, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2389, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair