STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2205

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: S.B. No. 1423

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 Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 1423 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PAYMENT OF BAIL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow defendants for whom a monetary amount of bail has been set to pay the bail amount seven-days-a-week on a 24-hour basis and be released from custody upon posting or payment of bail at any time.

The Judiciary, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hawai‘i Friends of Restorative Justice, Community Alliance on Prisons, Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, O‘ahu County Democrats Committee on Legislative Priorities, and several individuals testified in support of this measure. The Department of Public Safety and an individual provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing its effective date to January 1, 2021; 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. 1423, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1423, H.D. 1.

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

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CHRIS LEE, Chair