HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2026

 

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS

Rep. David A. Tarnas, Chair

Rep. Mahina Poepoe, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Della Au Belatti

Rep. Jackson D. Sayama

Rep. Elle Cochran

Rep. Gregg Takayama

Rep. Mark J. Hashem

Rep. Diamond Garcia

Rep. Kirstin Kahaloa

Rep. Garner M. Shimizu

 

 

NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING

 

DATE:

Thursday, January 29, 2026

TIME:

2:00 p.m.

PLACE:

VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE

Conference Room 325

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

 

 

A live stream link of all House Standing Committee meetings will be available online

shortly before the scheduled start time.

 

Click here for the live stream of this meeting via YouTube.

 

 

 

A G E N D A

 

The purpose of this informational briefing is to understand how Hawaii's current pretrial systems work – who is involved in the decision making and what are the various possibilities for arrested individuals. The briefing will also address the national landscape and how other states and jurisdictions are reforming their pretrial systems. It will also highlight the need for victim rights groups to have a voice in shaping any reforms.

 

Schedule with Presenters

 

2:00 PM – 3:15 PM

 

·         Intake Service Centers Team, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation – DCR Director Tommy Johnson, Deputy Director Sanna Muñoz (Rehabilitation Services and Programs), Acting Administrator Kelcie Maka’ike (Intake Service Centers), Corrections Program Specialist II Tani Dydasco (Victim Notification Services Office) and Operations Manager Terrance Cheung  (Mental Health and the Justice Systems)

 

·         Angela Darcy – Executive Officer, Kentucky Pretrial Services, Kentucky Court of Justice

 

·         Lisel Petis – Policy Director, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, R Street Institute

 

·         Judge Ronald G. Johnson – Deputy Chief/Criminal Administrative Judge, First Circuit Court of Honolulu

 

·         Lynn Costales – Executive Director of the Sex Abuse Treatment Center (SATC), Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children

 

3:15 PM – 4:00 PM

 

Questions from Members of the Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs Committee

 

This meeting is open to the public, no public testimony will be accepted.

 

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids and/or services to participate in the House public hearing process (i.e.,  interpretive services (oral or written) or ASL interpreter), please contact the Committee Clerk at least 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made. 

 

For further information, please call the Committee Clerk at (808) 586-6325.

 

 

 

 

 

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Rep. David A. Tarnas

Chair