CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 172-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2012

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2599

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

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. 2599, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REENTRY INTAKE SERVICE CENTERS,"

 

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 each reentry intake service center for adults to provide:

 

(A)  Pretrial assessment on adult offenders that are consented to by the defendant or that are ordered by the court, instead of preparing presentence assessments; and

 

(B)  Continuing supervision and control of persons placed on pretrial supervision by the court and persons ordered by the Director of Public Safety;

 

(2)  Amend Act 24, Special Session Laws of Hawaii (SSLH) 2009, to include:

 

(A)  Requiring the Reentry Commission to ensure that the Comprehensive Offender Reentry System under Chapter 353H, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is implemented as soon as practicable to provide programs and services resulting in the release of inmates onto parole when the maximum terms of the inmates have been served;

 

(B)  Changing the composition of the Reentry Commission; and

 

(C)  Repealing the Reentry Commission on December 1, 2016; and

 

(3)  Specify that the Reentry Commission members appointed pursuant to Act 24, SSLH 2009, shall cease to be members of the Commission on June 30, 2012, and beginning July 1, 2012, new members to the Commission shall be selected as set forth under this measure.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Deleting the provisions in this measure with respect to the amendments to Act 24, SSLH 2009;

 

(2)  Deleting the provision regarding the repeal of the existing Reentry Commission members, and the selection of the new Commission members specified under this measure;

 

(3)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2012; and

 

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

 

     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. 2599, 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. 2599, 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

 

____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Chair		____________________________ HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Co-Chair
____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Co-Chair		____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Co-Chair
____________________________ CLAYTON HEE, Co-Chair