STAND. COM. REP. NO.  655

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 27

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 27 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING A STUDY OF DISPARATE TREATMENT IN HAWAII'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to ensure fair and equitable treatment for all, regardless of race or culture, by requesting that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) initiate a study on disparate treatment of native Hawaiians in Hawaii's criminal justice system.

 

     OHA, the Hawaii State Democratic Women's Caucus, and Community Alliance on Prisons supported this concurrent resolution.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 27 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Hawaiian Affairs.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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FAYE HANOHANO, Chair