STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3202

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2333

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2333, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATEWIDE INTEGRATED SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT PROGRAM,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to promote nationally recognized best practices in the statewide, integrated sex offender treatment program.

 

     Specifically, the measure:

 

(1)  Broadens the scope of the program to include the development and implementation of standards and guidelines for the assessment, evaluation, treatment, and supervision of adult sex offenders; and

 

(2)  Designates the coordinating body of the program as the "adult sex offender management team."

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Public Safety.

 

     Your Committee finds that the complex nature of sex crimes and the extreme emotional and physical harm they inflict on victims necessitates implementation of a statewide, integrated sex offender treatment program that is based upon nationally recognized best practices for sex offender management.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Making a conforming amendment to the title of chapter 353E, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

 

(2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

 

(3)  Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, style, and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2333, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2333, H.D. 2, S.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair