STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2541

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3294

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Human Services and Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 3294 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REENTRY PLANNING CIRCLES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate moneys to fund reentry planning circles for at least fifty incarcerated women.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Corrections System Oversight Commission, Women's Prison Project, Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition, Community Alliance on Prisons, and three individuals. Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Department of Public Safety and Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committees find that huikahi restorative circles are a part of a reentry planning process shown to decrease recidivism by creating a process for incarcerated people to take responsibility for their behavior and make amends to loved ones and the community.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Specifying that the moneys appropriated pursuant to this measure is to fund reentry planning circles for at least fifty incarcerated women; and

(2) Inserting an effective date of December 31, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3294, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3294, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs,

________________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair

________________________________ JOY A. SAN BUENAVENTURA, Chair