STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2841

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2861

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 S.B. No. 2861, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to ensure the effectiveness of the State's corrections system.

Specifically, this measure:

(1) Requires the Department of Public Safety to establish performance indicators or measures to be incorporated in reports that evaluate the outcomes of certain programs under its jurisdiction; and

(2) Requires the Department of Public Safety to submit semi-annual reports to the Legislature of the established performance indicators, criminal offender treatment programs, and programs established pursuant to the Community Safety Act.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Public Safety; Ho'omanapono Political Action Committee; Community Alliance on Prisons; American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii; Hawaii Justice Coalition; OCC Legislative Priorities Committee, Democratic Party of Hawai'i; Aloha Light Team; Young Progressives Demanding Action - Hawaii; 808RAN; and five individuals.

Your Committee finds that the performance indicators required by this measure will provide an effective way to monitor and evaluate the State's corrections programs.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Requiring that the Department of Public Safety post the semi-annual reports required under the Criminal Offender Treatment Act on its website in a timely manner;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(3) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for clarity 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 S.B. No. 2861, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2861, 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