STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1771-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2637

S.D. 1

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2637, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

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 received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawai‘i Correctional System Oversight Commission, Hawai‘i State Commission on the Status of Women, Common Cause Hawaii, Community Alliance on Prisons, Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition, Women's Prison Project, YWCA O‘ahu, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawai‘i, and three individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance, Department of Public Safety, and Department of Human Services.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2637, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair