STAND. COM. REP. NO. 906

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 1551

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1551, 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:

(1) Establish a minimum-security housing program in a county with a population of more than 750,000 for short-term adult offenders;

(2) Provide capacity for a furlough program in a minimum-security setting; and

(3) Appropriate funds for design and construction of minimum-security housing facilities, staff, and operations of the program.

The Department of Public Safety, Department of Health, Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu, O‘ahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, and an individual testified in support of this measure. The Community Alliance on Prisons testified in opposition to this measure. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, We Are One, Inc., and a concerned individual provided comments on this measure.

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 H.B. No. 1551, 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