STAND. COM. REP. NO. 603

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: H.B. No. 835

H.D. 1

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. 835 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH CHALLENGE ACADEMY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to support the ongoing operations of the Hawaii National Guard Youth Challenge Program.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Judiciary and fifteen individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Defense.

Your Committee finds that the Hawaii National Guard Youth Challenge Program (Program) is a community-based program that provides and teaches life-changing structure, values, and skills for "at promise" youth throughout the State. The Program provides the necessary services to divert "at promise" youth from the juvenile justice system and also serves as a much-needed alternative to detention.

Should your Committee on Finance choose to hear this measure, your Committee notes that the recommended appropriation amount for the program is $1,700,000.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 3050, to encourage further discussion.

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. 835, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 835, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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TAKASHI OHNO, Chair