STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1695

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: S.B. No. 1077

S.D. 1

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 S.B. No. 1077, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAII STATE AND CONTRACTED CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to improve transparency and accountability in reporting requirements and procedures upon the occurrence of a death of an employee or inmate in a state or contracted correctional facility.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Community Alliance on Prisons, Young Progressives Demanding Action, Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii, and several concerned individuals supported this measure. The Department of Public Safety and The Sex Abuse Treatment Center submitted comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that the Department of Public Safety must preserve any forensic evidence consisting of human biological specimens for collection by the relevant criminal investigation entity or coroner, if there is any indication of sexual assault leading to the death of an employee or inmate in a state or contracted correctional facility; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

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 S.B. No. 1077, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1077, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

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

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CHRIS LEE, Chair