THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2008

 

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY

Senator Will Espero, Chair

Senator Clarence K. Nishihara, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

TIME:

2:45 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 225

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 2546

Testimony

RELATING TO OFFENDER REENTRY.

Makes clarifying amendments to chapter 353H, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to the offender reentry program.

 

PBS, WAM

SB 2344

Testimony

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Requires the department of public safety to establish performance indicators to ensure that the department is in compliance with the Community Safety Act of 2007.  Requires monthly reports to the legislature, using key performance indicators, such as inmate drug test failure rates, educational goals achieved, reentry plans, post-incarceration employment, victim restitution paid, and recidivism rates.

 

PBS

SB 2082

Testimony

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Appropriates funds to the department of public safety to develop a plan by July 1, 2008, to return all female Hawaii prisoners incarcerated in mainland prisons back to Hawaii by July 1, 2009.

 

PBS, WAM

SB 2341

Testimony

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Requires prisons holding Hawaii prisoners under a contract with the State to make public information about the operation of the prison

 

PBS, JDL

SB 2342

Testimony

RELATING TO THE AUDITOR.

Requires the auditor to conduct performance audits of private prisons on the mainland that house Hawaii prisoners.  Makes appropriation.

 

PBS, WAM

SB 2343

Testimony

RELATING TO PAROLE.

Establishes an earned-time program that provides incentives for inmate rehabilitation by allowing inmates to become eligible for parole when they make consistent progress in completing programs while incarcerated.  Appropriates funds.

 

PBS, WAM

SB 2130

Testimony

RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.

Requires the narcotics enforcement division of the department of public safety to maintain an electronic purchase logbook for sales of pseudoephedrine and related substances.

 

PBS, JDL

SB 2334

Testimony

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Repeals exemption from civil service of the first and second deputy sheriff; requires the deputy director for law enforcement and the sheriff to be graduates of a law enforcement academy.

 

PBS, JDL

SB 2081

Testimony

RELATING TO THE HAWAII PENAL CODE.

Enacts procedures for pardons; requires the governor to give public notice of intended pardons.

 

PBS, JDL

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

Persons wishing to testify should submit testimony in one of the following ways at least 24 hours prior to the hearing:

 

·         In person:  1 copy of their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 207, State Capitol.

 

·         By fax:  Testimony may be faxed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-6659 or 1-800-586-6659 (toll free for neighbor islands), at least 24 hours prior to the hearing.  When faxing, please indicate to which committee the testimony is being submitted and the date and time of the hearing.

 

·         By Email:  Testimony may be emailed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Legislature's Public Access Room at [email protected].  Please indicate to which committee the testimony is being submitted and the date and time of the hearing. Email sent to individual offices or any other Senate office will not be accepted.

 

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign or foreign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made.

 

Please note:  Documents made available through the Testimony hyperlink(s) above may not be posted until the start of the hearing.

 

Public Folder.  A folder labeled “Public Folder” containing the measures and testimonies for the hearing will be available for shared use by members of the public.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6823.

 

 

 

 

 

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Senator Will Espero

Chair