STAND. COM. REP. NO.  405

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 421

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred H.B. No. 421 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SENTENCING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to repeal the "Three Strikes Law," also known as Act 81, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006.

 

     The Office of the Public Defender, the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, the Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, the Community Alliance on Prisons, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Department of the Prosecuting Attorney for the City and County of Honolulu and Department of the Prosecuting Attorney for the County of Maui opposed this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 421 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety,

 

 

		____________________________ FAYE HANOHANO, Chair