STAND. COM. REP. NO.  896

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2023

 

RE:   H.B. No. 877

      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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 877, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to establish and appropriate funds for an institute to be located within the William S. Richardson School of Law to be known as the Hookaulike:  A Criminal Legal System Institute for Restoration and Healing.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission and nine individuals.

 

     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 H.B. No. 877, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair