STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1074

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   S.B. No. 913

      S.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred S.B. No. 913, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to address the unique needs of Hawaii's children who have an incarcerated parent by requiring the Department of Public Safety to collect data on:

 

     (1)  The number of offenders being brought into the state correctional system who are parents;

    

     (2)  The number of children the offenders have that are under the age of eighteen; and

 

     (3)  Any other information that the Department of Public Safety deems useful to facilitate services to incarcerated parents or their children.

 

     The Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Department of Land and Natural Resources Aha Moku Advisory Committee; Community Alliance on Prisons; Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs; Hoomana Pono, LLC; King Kamehameha Hawaiian Civic Club; Ewa Puuloa Hawaiian Civic Club; Kalihi Palama Hawaiian Civic Club; Family Program Hawaii's It Takes An Ohana Program; Hawaii Family Support Institute; Hawaii Association for Infant Mental Health; Alii Pauahi Hawaiian Civic Club; Keiki O Ka Aina Family Learning Centers; Living Life Source Foundation; Adult Friends for Youth; Blueprint for Change; Hawaii Youth Services Network; First Lap; Peacemakers; and numerous concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Public Safety offered comments.  

 

     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 S.B. No. 913, S.D. 1, 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,

 

 

 

 

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GREGG TAKAYAMA, Chair