STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2905

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2774

S.D. 1

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. 2774 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WOMEN'S COMMUNITY CORRECTIONAL CENTER,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate moneys to the Department of Public Safety for the further expansion of reentry planning circles, or huikahi restorative circles, at the Women's Community Correctional Center.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Public Safety, Community Alliance on Prisons, Hawaii Health and Harm Reduction Center, Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition, Women's Prison Project, and four individuals.

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

Your Committee finds that, by funding the further expansion of reentry planning circles at the Women's Community Correctional Center, this measure will help to reduce recidivism among female offenders.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation from $200,000 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. 2774, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2774, S.D. 1.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair