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