STAND. COM. REP. NO. 684

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2025

RE: H.B. No. 1002

H.D. 1

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Madame:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1002, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM OVERSIGHT COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Extend the term of the Oversight Coordinator of the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission, beginning July 1, 2025; and

(2) Clarify that the Oversight Coordinator has the general authority to inspect agencies and correctional facilities without notice.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission; Community Alliance on Prisons; American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaiʻi; and three individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and one individual.

Your Committee finds that extending the term of the Oversight Coordinator will better enable the Oversight Coordinator to make significant progress and see initiatives through to completion. Your Committee further finds that providing the Oversight Coordinator with access to information and correctional facilities is essential for ensuring transparency, accountability, and the protection of staff and individuals in custody.

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. 1002, H.D. 1, 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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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair