CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 134

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 68

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 68, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Require that ongoing staff support for the centralized statewide criminal pretrial justice data reporting and collection system be conducted by the Criminal Justice Research Institute's staff and not be contracted to another entity;

(2) Require the Criminal Justice Research Institute to protect any information and data that may be shared;

(3) Require the Criminal Justice Research Institute to submit an annual report regarding the creation of the centralized statewide criminal pretrial justice data reporting and collection system to the Legislature for two years; and

(4) Appropriate funds to establish a centralized statewide criminal pretrial justice data reporting and collection system pursuant to state law.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Appropriating $1,372,864 for fiscal year 2023-2024 and $1,030,868 for fiscal year 2024-2025 to establish a centralized statewide criminal pretrial justice data reporting and collection system;

(2) Adding the requisite information for making an appropriation in excess of the general fund expenditure ceiling pursuant to article VII, section 9, of the Hawaii State Constitution and sections 37-91 and 37-93, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

(3) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2023; and

(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 68, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 68, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ KARL RHOADS Chair	____________________________ DAVID A. TARNAS Co-Chair
____________________________ SHARON MORIWAKI Co-Chair	____________________________ SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO Co-Chair