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THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
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THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026 |
S.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO PAROLE ELIGIBILITY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
Accordingly, the purpose
of this Act is to amend section 353-64, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to include
treatment, work furlough, and other
programs designed for successful reintegration in addition to academic,
vocation education, and prison industry programs.
SECTION 2. Section 353-64, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended to read as follows:
"§353-64 Committed persons paroled. Any committed person confined in any state
correctional facility in execution of any sentence imposed upon the committed
person, except in cases where the penalty of life imprisonment not subject to
parole has been imposed, shall be subject to parole in the manner and form as
set forth in this part; provided that the committed person shall be paroled in
the county where the committed person had a permanent residence or occupation
or employment prior to incarceration, unless:
(1) The committed person will reside in a county in which the population exceeds eight-hundred thousand persons;
(2) The
committed person will be released for immediate departure from the State; or
(3) The
committed person shall be released to the county in the State in which the
committed person has the greatest family or community support, opportunities
for employment, job training, education, treatment, and other social services,
as determined by the Hawaii paroling authority; provided that to be considered
for parole to another county in the State, the committed person shall provide a
written request to the department not less than six months prior to the
expiration of the committed person's longest minimum sentence[.];
[Provided]
provided
further that to be eligible for parole, the committed person, if the person is
determined by the department to be suitable for participation, must have been a
participant in an academic, treatment, vocational education, [or]
including participation in work furlough if so recommended, prison
industry [program], or other programs designed to assist the
committed person with successful reintegration back into the community
authorized by the department and must have been involved in or completed the [program]
programs to the satisfaction of the
department; [and] provided further that this precondition for parole
shall not apply if the committed person is in a correctional facility where
academic, treatment, vocational education, [and] work furlough, prison
industry [programs], or other programs designed to assist the
committed person with successful reintegration back into the community, or
facilities are not available. A grant of
parole shall not be subject to acceptance by the committed person[.] and program requirements may be waived
at the discretion of the Hawaii paroling authority."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is
bracketed and stricken. New statutory
material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Parole Eligibility
Description:
Amends section 353-64, HRS, to include participation in correctional programs for parole eligibility: (1) treatment (substance abuse, mental health, sex offender); (2) work furlough as part of vocational education; and (3) other programs designed to assist the committed person with successful reintegration back into the community; all of which are in the scope of programs determined by Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's Receiving and Diagnostic (RAD) assessments and recommended for parole eligibility. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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