THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2011

 

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY, GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Senator Will Espero, Chair

Senator Michelle Kidani, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Thursday, January 27, 2011

TIME:

2:45 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 224

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 43

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Requires privately owned prisons or out-of-state detention facilities holding prisoners under a contract with the State to follow state freedom of information laws pursuant to chapter 92F, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

PGM, JDL

SB 44

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Requires the department of public safety to establish performance indicators for inmate reentry system.  Requires reports, using key performance indicators, to be provided to the legislature.

 

PGM

SB 45

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Repeals the civil service exemptions for the first and second deputy sheriffs.  Effective 01/01/2013.

 

PGM, JDL

SB 46

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.

Establishes a two-year pilot day reporting center administered by the department of public safety.  Appropriates funds.

 

PGM, WAM

SB 47

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.

Requires the department of public safety to establish a pilot program on Oahu that electronically monitors committed persons who are permitted to live and work in the community, in lieu of continued incarceration.  Appropriates funds.

 

PGM, WAM

SB 256

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENDERS.

Allows the Department of Public Safety to release a qualifying committed person serving a misdemeanor sentence if the person has served at least two-thirds of the sentence imposed by the court.

 

PGM, JDL

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

FOR AMENDED HEARING NOTICES:  If the notice is an amended notice, measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If there is a measure that is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

Persons wishing to testify should submit testimony in one of the following ways by 4:00 p.m. the day prior to the hearing:

 

·         By Email:  Testimony may be emailed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Committee at [email protected] .  Please indicate the measure, date and time of the hearing. Email sent to individual offices or any other Senate office will not be accepted.

 

·         By Web: Testimony may be submitted online if less than 4MB in size, at http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/emailtestimony.

 

·         In person:  1 copy of their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 231, 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.

 

Please note:  If you submit your written testimony after 4:00 p.m. the day prior to the hearing, please sign-in at the staff table to testify orally.  A copy of your testimony may not be available during the hearing but will be posted online for the public after the hearing. 

 

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:  All testimony received by the Hawaii Senate will be posted on the Hawaii Legislature's Website.  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 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