STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1913-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2861

      S.D. 2

      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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2861, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, 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 effectiveness of the State's correctional system and evaluate the impacts of the 2007 Community Safety Act.  Specifically, this measure requires the Department of Public Safety to:

 

     (1)  Establish performance indicators and measures to be incorporated in reports that evaluate the outcomes of programs under its jurisdiction; and

 

     (2)  Submit annual reports to the Legislature of the established performance indicators as applied to criminal offender treatment programs and other programs established pursuant to the Community Safety Act.

 

     The Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, Community Alliance on Prisons, Common Cause Hawaii, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Hawaii Friends of Restorative Justice, Hawaii Justice Coalition, Hoomanapono Political Action Committee, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Public Safety and American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii provided comments.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2861, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair