STAND. COM. REP. NO.  698

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 920

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 920 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CORRECTIONS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to improve inmate reentry into the community by appropriating $33,000 to establish a cognitive restructuring and transition pilot program in the County of Hawaii to help inmates achieve a successful transition into the community.

 

     The Mayor of the County of Hawaii, County of Hawaii Office of Housing and Community Development, Community Alliance on Prisons, and Goodwill Industries Hawaii supported this bill.  The Department of Public Safety supported the intent of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing the amount of the appropriation to an unspecified sum;

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2015, to facilitate further discussion; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 920, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 920, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs,

 

 

 

 

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CINDY EVANS, Chair