STAND. COM. REP. NO. 820-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2436

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2436 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SENTENCING OF HABITUAL VIOLENT FELONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to enact special sentencing provisions for habitual violent felons.

The Department of the Attorney General, Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu, and Honolulu Police Department testified in support of this bill. The Office of the Public Defender commented on this measure.

Your Committee notes that this bill is a result of the work of the Three Strikes Law Task Force (Task Force) established by Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 86, Regular Session of 2003, that was charged with the responsibility of determining the feasibility of enacting a "three strikes" law in Hawaii. Although the Task Force's final recommendation was that Hawaii should not enact a "three strikes" law, the Task Force did find a need to enact tougher sentencing laws for habitual violent felons.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2436 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs,

 

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KEN ITO, Chair