STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1128

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 1552

H.D. 2

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. 1552, H.D. 2, 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 the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission to be headed by an Oversight Coordinator, to oversee the State's correctional system, investigate complaints at correctional facilities, manage capacity of correctional facilities, and manage the Comprehensive Offender Reentry System;

(2) Transfer all rights, powers, functions, and duties of the Reentry Commission and Corrections Population Management Commission to the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission; and

(3) Abolish the Reentry Commission and Corrections Population Management Commission.

The Department of Public Safety, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Community Alliance on Prisons, O‘ahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Health & Harm Reduction Center, and a few concerned individuals testified in support of this measure. The Hawaii Paroling Authority and The Civil Beat Law Center for the Public Interest 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 H.B. No. 1552, H.D. 2, 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