STAND. COM. REP. NO.  549

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 130

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 130 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to assist women in successfully transitioning back into the community by:

 

     (1)  Requiring the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to determine the number of women who are eligible for reintegration into the community and contract with providers of gender-responsive community services; and

 

     (2)  Appropriating funds for this purpose.

 

     DPS, Community Alliance on Prisons, the National Association of Reformed Criminals, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments 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. 130, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 130, 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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HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair