THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2014

 

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY, INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Senator Will Espero, Chair

Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

TIME:

3:00 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 224

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 2307

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.

Requires a parole hearing and validated risk assessment for prisoners who have not been released upon completion of a set minimum term or received an earlier release date.  Permits supervised release on parole eighteen months prior to the expiration of the maximum term for class A felonies, twelve months prior to the expiration of the maximum term for class B felonies, and six months prior to the expiration of the maximum term for class C felonies.  Permits the paroling authority to deny supervised parole prior to the expiration of a maximum sentence for certain offenders.

 

PSM, WAM

SB 2884

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO PAROLE.

Specifies that funds for discharged persons be subject to legislative appropriation.  Clarifies circumstances under which the paroling authority may grant early discharges. Provides discretion to the paroling authority with respect to initial pardon consideration as it relates to paroled prisoners.

 

PSM, WAM

SB 2309

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Makes an appropriation to the department of public safety for the establishment and implementation of a re-entry facility for criminal offenders, which will include residential and day reporting programs.

 

PSM, WAM

SB 2592

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Authorizes the establishment of a diversion and reentry pilot project.  Appropriates funds.  Repeals July 1, 2016.

 

PSM, WAM

SB 2025

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE.

Requires a police officer to make reasonable inquiry of the victimized family member and witnesses, if applicable, and order a person to leave the premises for a no-contact period of forty-eight hours.

 

PSM, JDL

SB 2258

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE.

Establishes knowingly or intentionally causing bodily injury to liquor commission investigators while performing their job duties as assault in the second degree.

 

PSM, JDL

SB 2021

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO RESISTING ARREST.

Creates the offense of resisting arrest in the first degree as a class C felony if the person intentionally prevents a law enforcement officer acting under color of the law enforcement officer's official authority from effecting an arrest by removing or attempting to remove a firearm from the person of a law enforcement officer.  Amends the existing resisting arrest offense to resisting arrest in the second degree.

 

PSM, JDL

SB 2367

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO PRODUCTION OF RECORDS.

Amends the definition of "recipient", as related to service of process issued by another state, to clarify that the recipient who receives process issued in Hawaii must have conducted business or engaged in transactions or activities occurring at least in part in Hawaii.  Amends provisions of chapter 806D, HRS, which allow for the service of process issued by another state upon a Hawaii recipient, to clarify that:  (1) Service of process may be upon a person or business, but not a government agency; (2) The process is for the production of records; (3) The process must be based upon a pending criminal investigation or prosecution; and (4) The person or business being served must have conducted business or engaged in transactions or activities occurring at least in part in the issuing state.  Requires the issuing state to have a statute authorizing the production of records by out-of-state persons or businesses and contain a reciprocity provision.  Requires the process to include specified information.

 

PSM, JDL

SB 2615

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO DNA COLLECTION FOR VIOLENT CRIMES.

Requires persons arrested for a felony offense involving a violent crime to provide DNA samples.  Provides for the expungement and destruction of DNA records under certain circumstances.

 

PSM, JDL

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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

 

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Senator Will Espero

Chair