STAND. COM. REP. NO. 634-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 1739

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1739 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify that the comprehensive offender reentry system provides programs and services that result in the timely release of inmates on parole when the minimum term, rather than the maximum term, has been served by the inmate.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Public Safety, Common Cause Hawaii, Community Alliance on Prisons, and American Civil Liberties Union of Hawai‘i.

Your Committee finds that the development and implementation of comprehensive reentry plans for inmates are critical to their success when transitioning to life after incarceration. This measure corrects an error that inadvertently provided that individuals must serve their maximum terms versus their minimum terms before being released on parole.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1739 and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair