STAND. COM. REP. NO.  129-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2190

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred H.B. No. 2190 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PUUHONUA COMMISSION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to create:

 

(1)  The Puuhonua Commission within the Department of Public Safety to provide formerly incarcerated individuals a place to heal or become whole again in a way that benefits society; and

 

(2)  Puuhonua Commission Advisory Committees in each county of the State to inform the Puuhonua Commission of the needs of formerly incarcerated individuals in each county.

 

     Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition; Hoomana Pono, LLC; and two concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Public Safety, Department of Budget and Finance, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs offered comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Deleting the proposed Puuhonua Commission Special Fund;

 

(2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote further discussion; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2190, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2190, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety,

 

 

 

 

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GREGG TAKAYAMA, Chair