STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 447-22
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2022
RE: H.B. No. 2015
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2022
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2015, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Hawai‘inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Community Alliance on Prisons, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawai‘i, and four individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.
Your Committee finds that Hookaulike would help to address the overrepresentation of Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, and other communities of color in the State's correctional system. The goal is to create an inclusive and fair criminal legal system devoted to restoration and healing.
Your Committee respectfully requests that as this measure continues through the legislative process, its proponents and other stakeholders work together to determine whether Hookaulike is most appropriately placed within the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2015, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,
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____________________________ MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair |
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