THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2021
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COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY, INTERGOVERNMENTAL, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS |
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Senator Clarence K. Nishihara, Chair |
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Senator J. Kalani English, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Tuesday, February 9, 2021 |
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1:20 p.m. |
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Via Videoconference |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Requires the department of public safety to develop the new Oahu community correctional center.
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PSM, JDC |
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RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. Repeals the authorization for the governor to negotiate with any person for the development or expansion of private correctional facilities. Prohibits the establishment of private correctional facilities in the State.
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PSM, JDC |
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RELATING TO THE OAHU COMMUNITY CORRECTIONAL CENTER SITE. Establishes the Oahu community correctional center site redevelopment working group to bring together state and county agencies, private entities, and the broader Kalihi community to examine how to best utilize the Oahu community correctional center site and the surrounding area after the correctional center is relocated to a new location and identify, work through, and recommend solutions to issues relating to the redevelopment.
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PSM, WAM |
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MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. Makes an emergency appropriation to provide funds for the Department of Public Safety to cover the costs of the personnel services shortfall at all correctional institutions statewide and health care services.
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PSM, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE STATEWIDE AUTOMATED VICTIM INFORMATION AND NOTIFICATION SYSTEM. Amends part VII of chapter 353, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to establish the SAVIN coordinator position, to be responsible for managing the operations of the SAVIN system.
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PSM, JDC/WAM |
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RELATING TO PRETRIAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE INTAKE SERVICE CENTERS, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. Amends Section 353-6.2, Section 353-10, and Section 804-7.1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, enacted as part of Act 179, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019, to delete the additional duties and responsibilities of the Intake Service Centers (ISC), Department of Public Safety, in providing augmented bail reports under the Act's bail reform initiatives, due to the imposition of budget restrictions for the fiscal biennium 2021-23 that defunded the ISC positions responsible for this work.
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PSM, JDC |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Re-enacts section 353C-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to authorize the Department of Public Safety to maintain a list of independent civil process servers and amends several statutes to allow process servers to serve specific types of legal documents.
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PSM, JDC |
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MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY RELATING TO COVID-19 EXPENDITURES. Provides emergency appropriations in fiscal year 2020-2021 to the Department of Public Safety to continue funding for various COVID-19 response related programs and activities.
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PSM, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE PHASEOUT OF PRIVATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. Requires the State to phase out the use of private correctional facilities to incarcerate Hawaii inmates. Prohibits the construction of new correctional facilities or the expansion of existing correctional facilities without the approval of the Hawaii correctional system oversight commission.
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PSM, WAM/JDC |
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RELATING TO THE MODERNIZATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. Eliminates the use of monetary bail, with certain exceptions, and requires defendants to be released on their own recognizance for traffic offenses, violations, non-violent petty misdemeanor offenses, and non-violent misdemeanor offenses. Creates a rebuttable presumption regarding both release and detention for certain offenses and specifies circumstances in which these presumptions apply. Requires the judicial council to appoint a committee to review and recommend changes to the Hawaii penal code.
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PSM, JDC |
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Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
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_____________________________________ Senator Clarence K. Nishihara Chair |
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