HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2022
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Rep. Takashi Ohno, Chair |
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Rep. Sonny Ganaden, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Patrick Pihana Branco |
Rep. Dee Morikawa |
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Rep. Bertrand Kobayashi |
Rep. David A. Tarnas |
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Rep. Sam Satoru Kong |
Rep. Bob McDermott |
AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING
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Friday, February 4, 2022 |
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10:00AM |
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VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE Conference Room 430 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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A M E N D E D A G E N D A
The following measure(s) has been ADDED to the agenda: HB 1738, HB 2171
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RELATING TO CHILDREN AND FAMILY OF INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS. Requires the department of human services to work with the department of public safety and other entities to establish a pilot visitation and family resource center at Waiawa correctional facility on Oahu. Requires the department of human services to continue to lead a working group to address visitation and support needs of children and families of incarcerated individuals. Requires the working group to submit a report to the legislature before the 2023 regular session. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIAN REHABILITATION PROGRAMS. Appropriates funds to the Department of Public Safety to collaborate with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs the creation of a Native Hawaiian rehabilitation program for prison inmates, which puts an emphasis on Native Hawaiian values and cultural practices.
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RELATING TO THE COMPREHENSIVE OFFENDER REENTRY SYSTEM. Requires 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. Requires a report to the Legislature.
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CMV, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Mandates that there be a community-based work furlough program for all incarcerated women in the State. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO INCARCERATED WOMEN. Appropriates funds for the second year of a program to train incarcerated women to be general education development tutors for their peers, provide college correspondence courses for women in the women's community correctional center, and provide reentry and transition services for women wanting to continue their education post incarceration. Enables partnerships with the Department of Education, University of Hawaii, and Department of Public Safety. Appropriates moneys.
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RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY. Appropriates moneys for residential programs that allow minor children to remain with their mothers, to reduce the risk of trauma and multigenerational incarceration, including community‑based furlough programs, residential drug treatment programs, therapeutic community programs, and mental health programs.
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RELATING TO REENTRY PLANNING CIRCLES. Appropriates moneys to fund reentry planning circles for at least 50 incarcerated women.
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RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. Establishes the Women's Correctional Implementation Commission within the Department of Public Safety to provide oversight over state correctional facilities that incarcerate women, receive and investigate complaints from incarcerated women, monitor the criminal justice system's progress in implementing reforms, and monitor programs and data that are important to ensuring successful outcomes for women in the correctional system. Appropriates moneys.
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RELATING TO RECIDIVISM PREVENTION. Establishes within the Department of Public Safety Reentry Office, a 5-year Recidivism Prevention Pilot Program, consisting of three components: the housing voucher program, child care voucher program, and income tax credit for employers to assist the reentry efforts of certain individuals who exited from the Women's Community Correctional Center, for two years after the exit. Establishes five Transition Navigator positions (5.00 FTE) within the Department of Public Safety Reentry Office. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO PRISON REFORM. Establishes the Women's Corrections Implementation Commission in the Judiciary to ensure implementation of the recommendations from the final report from the House Concurrent Resolution No. 85 (2016) task force, to develop and implement an evidence-based, gender-responsive plan to divert non-violent women offenders, especially those with minor children, from the criminal justice system. Requires that the task force also consider model programs including residential, in-person and community-based rehabilitation programs, supportive and subsidized housing, restorative justice, and educational programs.
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RELATING TO RISK AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR FEMALE OFFENDERS. Requires the Department of Public Safety to develop and conduct a pretrial female risk and needs assessment tool to measure the female offender's risk to flight, reoffend, or harm the community, and shall consider factors important to women when considering their risk to reoffend and treatment needs.
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RELATING TO SEARCHES OF FEMALE INMATES. Requires pat downs and searches of female inmates be conducted by a female correctional facility employee unless the prisoner presents a risk of immediate harm to herself or others or risk of escape. Prohibits male correctional facility employees from entering areas where female inmates may be in a state of undress including, but not limited to, restrooms, shower areas, or medical treatment areas, unless an inmate in the area presents a risk of immediate harm to herself or others or if there is a medical emergency in the area. Requires any prohibited search, pat down, or entry by a male correctional facility employee be documented within three days of the incident, reviewed by the warden, and retained by the institution for reporting purposes.
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DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
The following measure(s) were previously heard on Wednesday February 2, 2022 at 10:00AM. No public testimony will be accepted.
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RELATING TO CONFINEMENT. Establishes policies and procedures for long-term confinement, disciplinary confinement, and administrative confinement of inmates in the State's correctional facilities.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Establishes a Department of Law Enforcement to consolidate and administer criminal law enforcement and investigations functions of the State effective upon approval and reestablishes the Department of Public Safety as an independent Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to administer the corrections, rehabilitation, and reentry of the inmate population effective January 1, 2023. Transfers the law enforcement functions of the Department of Public Safety to the Department of Law Enforcement effective January 1, 2023, and the law enforcement functions of the Department of Transportation, the non-statutorily mandated functions of the Investigations Division of the Department of the Attorney General, and the Office of Homeland Security to the Department of Law Enforcement effective July 1, 2023. Appropriates funds to the Department of Law Enforcement and Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
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FOR AMENDED NOTICES: Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are bolded.
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________________________________________ Rep. Takashi Ohno Chair |
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