STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1777-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 3293

S.D. 2

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. 3293, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS COMPLETING A TERM OF IMPRISONMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish a five-year Recidivism Prevention Pilot Program within the Judiciary to consist of a housing voucher program and child care voucher program for program participants who exit from the Women's Community Correctional Center and an employer income tax credit program to assist the reentry efforts of certain individuals for up to two years after release from incarceration; and

(2) Appropriate funds for:

(A) The implementation and operation of the Recidivism Prevention Pilot Program; and

(B) The establishment of five full-time equivalent permanent transition navigator positions within the Judiciary to provide assistance to individuals exiting the Women's Community Correctional Center in successfully rejoining their families and the community.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition and two individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Judiciary, Department of Budget and Finance, Department of Public Safety, Department of Taxation, and Women's Prison Project.

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. 3293, S.D. 2, 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