STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 1328-22
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2022
RE: S.B. No. 2639
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 Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2639, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE COMPREHENSIVE OFFENDER REENTRY SYSTEM,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to require:
(1) The Offender Reentry Office of the Department of Public Safety to develop and implement a risk needs assessment tool that is specifically intended to assess the needs of female offenders; and
(2) The Department of Public Safety to submit a report to the Legislature on the Offender Reentry Office's compliance with the risk needs assessment tool requirement.
Your Committee finds that women's pathways to crime are often different than those of men and further tools are needed to adequately identify women's pathways to incarceration. This measure supports the development and implementation of a validated gender responsive risk and needs assessment tool, which is critical for an effective transition plan that would reduce recidivism and result in healthier families and safer communities.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the term "female offenders" to "women offenders" as that term is more inclusive; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
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 S.B. No. 2639, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2639, H.D. 2.
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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