STAND. COM. REP. NO. 821-20

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2020

RE: H.B. No. 2679

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2679, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PENALTIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Judiciary to conduct a study to determine how to implement a system of income‑based fines as a pilot project and examine how other jurisdictions have treated habitual offenders in income-based systems.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Judiciary, Community Alliance on Prisons, and Hawaii Health and Harm Reduction Center. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Office of the Public Defender and American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii.

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. 2679, 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