STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1490

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1112

      S.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 S.B. No. 1112, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to provide incarcerated women and girls with the necessary comprehensive reentry, community wrap-around, and case management services through the expansion of effective programs linking substance abuse, criminal justice, public health, housing, and employment services by appropriating funds to the Department of Public Safety (DPS) and the Office of Youth Services (OYS) for the expansion of gender-responsive, community-based programs for women and girls.

 

     The Planned Parenthood of Hawaii's Action Network, Hawaii WomenWork!, Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, Community Alliance on Prisons, and several concerned individuals supported this bill.  DPS and OYS submitted comments.

 

     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 S.B. No. 1112, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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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SHARON E. HAR, Acting Chair and Vice Chair