HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2001

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Rep. Nestor Garcia, Chair

Rep. Bob Nakasone, Vice Chair

Rep. Willie Espero

Rep. Charles Djou

Rep. Scott Saiki

Rep. Mark Moses

Rep. Joe Souki

Rep. Jim Rath

NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:

Thursday, February 1, 2001

TIME:

9:30am

PLACE:

Conference Room 309

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

HB 349

RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.

Establishes an Earned Time Program providing incentives for inmate rehabilitation in which inmates may earn reductions in the minimum term of imprisonment set by the Hawaii paroling authority by making consistent progress in all of the following areas: work and vocational training, social adjustment, counseling and self-help, and therapeutic, educational, and literacy programs.

PSM, JHA, FIN

HB 388

RELATING TO CRIME.

Transfers the crime victim compensation commission from within the department of public safety to the department of the attorney general.

PSM, JHA, FIN

HB 705

RELATING TO THE CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION SPECIAL FUND.

Exmepts the Crime Victim Compensation Special Fund from the payment of central service expense fees and administrative expense fees.

PSM, JHA, FIN

HB 708

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Establishes the Federal Reimbursement Maximization Special Fund under the Department of Public Safety, and requests an appropriation from the Federal Reimbursement Maximization Special Fund.

PSM, FIN

HB 710

RELATING TO PAROLE.

Excludes Hawaii Paroling Authority's decisions from appeal, and allows a prisoner's minimum term to be equal to or less than the maximum term of imprisonment.

PSM, JHA
 

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HB 71

RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.

Requires adult women charged with or convicted of crimes and juvenile females adjudicated for offenses that would be crimes if committed by an adult or who are adjudicated delinquents, to be provided a range and quality of programming substantially equivalent to the range and quality offered to males.

PSM, HSH, FIN

HB 74

RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.

Requires the department of public safety to develop and implement gender-specific community-based programs for women offenders to achieve gender equity in correctional programming.

PSM, FIN

HB 176

relating to PUBLIC SAFETY.

Mandates substance abuse assessment/treatment for offenders under the custody of the Department of Public Safety.

PSM, JHA, FIN

 

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Rep. Nestor Garcia

Chair