STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1904

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2023

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 23

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 23 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE JUDICIARY TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE TO EXAMINE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING EXISTING PROCEDURES OF THE HAWAII PAROLING AUTHORITY SETTING THE MINIMUM TERMS OF IMPRISONMENT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is requesting the Judiciary to convene a task force to examine and make recommendations regarding existing procedures of the Hawaii Paroling Authority setting the minimum terms of imprisonment.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support from the Hawaii State Judiciary, Hawaii Paroling Authority, Office of the Public Defender, the State of Hawaii Crime Victim Compensation Commission, the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission, Community Alliance on Prisons and Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Your Committee received written comments from the Legislative Reference Bureau and one individual.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Naming the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight  Commission Chair or designee as the chairperson of this task force, replacing the Judiciary, but retaining the Judiciary as a member of the task force; and

 

     (2)  Adding the Crime Victim Compensation Commission as a member of the task force; and

 

     (3)  Requiring a report from the task force by October 21, 2024; and

 

     (4)  Requiring that the task force work with the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center under the Attorney General and the Criminal Justice Research Institute and the Judiciary in compiling the report; and

 

     (5)  Amending its title in accordance with the mentioned changes.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 23, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 23, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

 

 

 

 

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair