STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2701

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2639

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2639 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE COMPREHENSIVE OFFENDER REENTRY SYSTEM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to require 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.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Public Safety, Women's Prison Project, and two individuals.

Your Committee recognizes the importance of addressing the specific needs of female offenders, which includes their assessment, program, treatment, and reentry needs. Your Committee finds that developing and implementing an appropriate risk needs assessment tool will help address those needs.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2639 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair