STAND. COM. REP. NO. 175

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: H.B. No. 1389

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Corrections, Military, & Veterans, to which was referred H.B. No. 1389 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM OVERSIGHT COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to transfer the administrative attachment of the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission (Commission) from the Department of the Attorney General to the Department of Human Services.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Kokua Kalihi Valley; Ohana Ho‘opakele; Habilitat, Inc.; and nineteen individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Human Services, Community Alliance on Prisons, and two individuals.

Your Committee finds that the correctional system is as much a matter of health and human services as it is a matter of law enforcement and, therefore, it would be more productive for the Commission to be attached to a different department that provides similar support and outreach services.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Corrections, Military, & Veterans that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1389 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Corrections, Military, & Veterans,

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TAKASHI OHNO, Chair