CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 137-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2637

S.D. 1

H.D. 2

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2637, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, entitled:

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

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Require the Department of Public Safety to develop and make available a community-based work furlough program for women offenders in the State; and

(2) Appropriate funds to the Department of Public Safety to continue and expand community-based work furlough for women.

Your Committee on Conference finds that existing community-based work furlough programs enable women to return to the workforce, keeping eighty-four percent of participants out of prison and providing them with the opportunity to participate in and access transitional training. This measure will reduce recidivism and benefit both women inmates and the community by ensuring the continuation and expansion of the community-based work furlough program for incarcerated women in the State.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Inserting an appropriation amount of $1,000,000 for the continuation and expansion of community-based work furlough for women; and

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2022.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2637, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2637, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ TAKASHI OHNO Co-Chair	____________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA Chair
____________________________ LINDA ICHIYAMA Co-Chair	____________________________ MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO Co-Chair
____________________________ BERTRAND KOBAYASHI Co-Chair