STAND. COM. REP. NO. 743

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 Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1552, 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 support best practices for an effective correctional system by:

(1) Establishing the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission; and

(2) Consolidating the Reentry Commission and Corrections Population Management Commission into the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission and transferring the rights, powers, functions, and duties of the consolidated commissions to the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission.

The Department of Public Safety, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, O‘ahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, Ho‘omana Pono, LLC, and several individuals supported this measure. The Hawaii Paroling Authority, Civil Beat Law Center for the Public Interest, and Community Alliance on Prisons provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to January 28, 2081, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1552, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1552, H.D. 2.

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

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CHRIS LEE, Chair