STAND. COM. REP. NO. 114
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2011
RE: H.B. No. 142
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. 142 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to require the Attorney General to coordinate a review of the impact that diversion of drug possession offenders into drug treatment would have on:
(1) The criminal justice system;
(2) Drug treatment program resources; and
(3) Public safety.
The Community Alliance on Prisons, the Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, and the Drug Policy Action Group testified in support of this measure. The Judiciary supported the intent of this measure. The Department of the Attorney General provided comments.
Your Committee amended this bill by:
(1) Expanding the scope of the review to include all
drug possession offenders;
(2) Changing the date by which the Attorney General is to submit
a report on the findings and recommendations of the review, to one year
following the enactment of this measure; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.
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. 142, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 142, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs,
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____________________________ HENRY J. C. AQUINO, Chair |
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