STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1779-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 3295

S.D. 1

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. 3295, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CORRECTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish the Women's Corrections Implementation Commission to:

(A) Provide oversight over state correctional facilities and community correctional centers that incarcerate women;

(B) Receive and investigate complaints from incarcerated women;

(C) Monitor the criminal justice system's progress in implementing reforms; and

(D) Provide oversight over other programs and monitor and review data that is important to ensuring successful outcomes for women in the correctional system;

(2) Require the Women's Corrections Implementation Commission to submit annual reports to the Legislature; and

(3) Appropriate funds to the Judiciary for the operations of the Women's Corrections Implementation Commission, including the hiring of necessary staff.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Women's Prison Project and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Judiciary, Department of Budget and Finance, Department of Public Safety, and Hawai‘i Correctional System Oversight Commission.

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. 3295, S.D. 1, 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