STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1898-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2305

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 S.B. No. 2305 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE COMPREHENSIVE OFFENDER REENTRY SYSTEM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify that the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission must ensure that the comprehensive offender reentry system is working properly to provide 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, Community Alliance on Prisons, Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition, Common Cause Hawaii, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawai‘i, Clean the Pacific and Recycle Hawaii, and seven individuals.

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 S.B. No. 2305 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair