STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2771

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2087

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2087, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE VICTIM WITNESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate moneys to the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu as a grant-in-aid for the Department's victim witness assistance program.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Crime Victim Compensation Commission, Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu, and one individual.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committee finds that the financial assistance provided by this measure will allow the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu to continue providing support and guidance to crime victims, trial witnesses, and surviving family members of crime victims in navigating the criminal justice system.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation from $371,722 to an unspecified amount; and

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2087, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2087, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair