STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1772-22

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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2639, H.D. 2, 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 women 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 received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Public Safety, Hawai‘i Correctional System Oversight Commission, Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition, Women's Prison Project, and two individuals.

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. 2639, 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