STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1245-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 2949

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2949, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to provide the Office of the Ombudsman the authority to investigate out-of-state, private, or federal correctional facilities that have contracts with the Department of Public Safety to house Hawaii inmates.

The Community Alliance on Prisons, A Woman's Voice International, and several concerned individuals supported this bill. A concerned individual supported this measure with amendments. The Office of the Ombudsman submitted comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2096, 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 Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2949, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2949, S.D. 2, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair